Overview
The love of horses often finds its expression in the horse barn-in the grandeur of the architecture, the extravagance of the detail, and the extent of the comforts that owners lavish on their favorite creatures. The masterpieces of equine architecture featured in this book attest to that devotion. With luxuries such as mahogany stalls, Spanish-tiled floors, and the latest in horse technology and training, these are not your average barns; rather, they attest to the extremes of elegant simplicity and outrageous glamour that convey a horse owners devotion, ambition, and style. From prestigious and well-known horse barns such as Churchill Downs to private stables nestled in the Colorado mountains, Ultimate Horse Barns comprises a wide variety of barns certain to pique any horse owners fancy. Twenty North American barns in all, each one of a kind, they all have one thing in common-the love, appreciation, and awe of the horses they house.
Full Product Details
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint: Voyageur Press
Dimensions:
Width: 25.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.229kg
ISBN: 9780760324417
ISBN 10: 0760324417
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 October 2006
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Ride, June 2007 The exceptional architecture, innovations, historical significance and beauty represented by these structures will pique the reader's imagination and swell the expanding ranks of the horse barn aficionados.
The Northwest Horse Source, December 2006 Generously illustrated ... captures the architectural beauty of these exceptional barns as well as the love and passion the owners have for their horses. --- Ride, June 2007 The exceptional architecture, innovations, historical significance and beauty represented by these structures will pique the reader's imagination and swell the expanding ranks of the horse barn aficionados. --- East Texas Historical Journal, Spring 2007 Architects will like this book; horse fanciers will love it. ---
Author Information
Randy Leffingwell wrote his first book, American Muscle, in 1989 while still on staff at the Los Angeles Times. Since then, he has authored another 47 titles for Motorbooks and its sister publisher Voyageur Press, including his most recent Complete Book of Porsche 911 and Corvette 60 Years. He has just finished Porsche 911: Fifty Years, a reexamination of the 911 story based on nearly two dozen new interviews. He lives in southern California, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Learn more about him on his website: www.rleffingwell.com.
