Traditional Houses from Around the World
Description:... This collection of carefully researched, read-to-color illustrations comprises a picture survey of the many and varied forms of shelter used by people around the world. Included among the 44 plates are accurate representations of a gypsy camp of horse-drawn caravans, a Bedouin tent, a Nebraska sod house, a pioneer log cabin, a Swiss chalet, an Irish thatched cottage, an Israeli kibbutz house, an Inuit igloo, cliff houses of Mesa Verde, a Masai house in Kenya, an aboriginal bark hut in Australia, and other traditional forms of housing. Informative captions accompany each detailed illustration.
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