Besides driving through the country and taking pictures of barns and such, Bruce loves to read.
Of course one of his favorite topics is barns.
Here is a partial list of books that Bruce has in his personal library along with some of his notes.
We have tried to give you the pertinent information regarding each book so if you would like to try to find it on your own, your search will be a little easier.
If you know of a book that you would like to recommend, please let us know and we would be happy to add it to our list.
Barn Books
Title: Still Standing: A Postcard Book of Barn Photographs
Author: Michael Harker
Publisher and Date: University of Iowa Press, Iowa City; 2006
ISBN: 0-87745-977-0
Title: The Quotable Farmer
Publisher and Date: MBI Publishing Company, St, Paul, MN; 2005
ISBN: 0-7603-2268-6
Title: The Barn: Classic Barns of North America
Author: Nancy L. Mohr
Publisher and Date: Courage Books, Philadelphia; 2001
ISBN: 0-7624-1107-4
Title: Classic Barns
Author: April Halberstadt
Publisher and Date: Metro Books, A Division of the Michael Friedman Publishing Group, NY; 2001
ISBN: 1-58663-176-4
Title: The American Barn Builders
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher and Date: Motorbooks International, St. Paul, MN; 1991
ISBN: 0-7603-1539-6
Title: Barn: Preservation and Adaptation
Author: Elric Endersby, Alexander Greenwood, and David Larkin
Publisher and Date: Universe Publishing, NY; 2003
ISBN: 0-7893-0794-4
Title: American Barns: A Pictorial History
Author: Jill Caravan
Publisher and Date: Courage Books, Philadelphia; 1995
ISBN: 1-56138-471-2
Title: The Barn Builders
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher and Date: MBI Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN; 2002
ISBN: 0-7603-1376-8
Title: Farm: The Vernacular Tradition of Working Buildings
Author: David Larkin
Publisher and Date: The Monacelli Press, NY; 1995
ISBN: 1-58093-000-x
Title: The Old Barn Book
Author: Robin Langley Sommer
Publisher and Date: Barns and Noble Books; 1997
ISBN: 0-7607-0689-1
Title: This Old Barn: Country Folks Fondly recall – in Words and Photos – The heart of Their Homesteads
Editor: Ken Wysocky
Publisher: Roy J. Reimen, Reimen Publications, Greendale, WI; 1996
ISBN: 0-89821-175-1
Barn and Timber Frame Homes
Title: Taunton’s Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Publisher and Contact Information
The Tauton Press
63 S Main St, PO Box 5506
Newton, CT 60470-5506
(203) 426-8171
Title: The Backroad Home
Editor: Donald J. Berg, AIA
Publisher and Date: Donald J. Berg, Rockville Centre, NY; 2000
ISBN: 0-9663075-2-6
Title: Build a Classic Timber-Framed House
Author: Jack A. Sobon
Publisher and Date: Storey Books, Pownall, VT; 1994
ISBN: 0-88266-842-0
Title: Log Home Lifestyles
Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher and Date: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Altgen, PA; 2003
ISBN: 0-7643-1753-9
Miscellaneous Books
Title: A Cowboy’s Faith: Stories of Our Common Ground
Author: Jack Terry
Publisher and Date: Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR; 2001
ISBN: 0-7369-0679-7
Title: Wide Open Spaces: A Cowboy Celebrates God’s Country
Author: Jack Terry
Publisher and Date: Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR; 2004
ISBN: 0-7369-1310-6
Title: America’s Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Collection of Our Victorians
Author: Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen
Publisher and Date: Viking Studio Books, NY; 1992
ISBN: 0-14-023857-3