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From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly seventy-five thousand homes through its mail-order Modern Homes program. Families across the nation set about assembling the kits, using the thick instruction manual to puzzle out how twelve thousand pieces of house might fit together. The resulting dwellings were as durable as they were enchanting, swiftly becoming icons of the American landscape. Follow leading expert Rosemary Thornton through a lavishly illustrated history of the homes many Illinoisans don't know they are living in. Recognize your own front porch on a page in the Neo-Tudor section of the style gallery and tell your plumber he's helping to preserve a Barrington.

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Rose Thornton is the author of several books, including The Houses That Sears Built (2002), Finding the Houses That Sears Built (2004) and The Ugly Woman's Guide to Internet Dating (2009). She's the coauthor of California's Kit Homes (2004) and Montgomery Wards Mail-Order Homes (2010). Rose has appeared on MSNBC, PBS (History Detectives), A&E (Biography) and CBS (Sunday Morning News), and her book was featured in its own category on Jeopardy!. She is considered the country's number-one authority on kit homes. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, L.A. Times, Dallas Morning News, Old House Journal, American Bungalow, Blue Ridge Country and about one hundred other publications.

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