{"product_id":"harkers-barns-michael-p-harker-9780877458340","title":"Harker's Barns: Visions of an American Icon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Harker drove past old barns on gravel roads and blacktop highways for years. He generally dismissed them as obsolete outbuildings until November 1993, when he felt compelled to photograph a windmill in Clutier, Iowa. This single photograph launched him on a seven-and-a-half-year mission to document Iowa's barns and all they represent. The result is \u003ci\u003eHarker's Barns: Visions of an American Icon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the seventy-five black-and-white images featured in \u003ci\u003eHarker's Barns\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully and heartbreakingly captures the glory and ultimate demise of one of rural America's most enduring icons. From square to round, wood to brick, Dutch to Swedish, occupied or abandoned, the barns documented in this stunning collection are a testament to a passing way of life that was once the lifeblood of Iowa and the Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplementing Harker's photographs are vignettes by poet and writer Jim Heynen. Both whimsical and endearing, each vignette treats barns as organic and intelligent entities, reflecting the living history that can be found inside each rural structure.\u003cbr\u003eIowa's barns are disappearing and with them a way of life; \u003ci\u003eHarker's Barns\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly documents their heritage for future generations. As Jim Heynen says, \"A good photograph can maintain an old barn through blizzards and hail storms and tornadoes. It is the best support beam and wood preservative an old barn can have.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Harker, Jim Heynen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0877458340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780877458340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 9.96w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2003 pg. 1266","brand":"Michael Harker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076811583743,"sku":"9780877458340","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5dcdc40e-7a7e-4ccd-b36f-817e507ff8e1.jpg?v=1685466927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harkers-barns-michael-p-harker-9780877458340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}