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1	Small Town America more books like this by David Plowden, David G McCullough (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this, his 19th book on the American scene, David Plowden turns to a part of American culture that was once commonplace but is now in danger of being lost or forever transformed. With his photos and engaging text, Plowden has created a vivid portrait of "small town America" that will be instantly recognized--and mourned. 111 duotone photos. see all copies from $13.50! first editions
2	Bridges: The Spans of North America more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist This work explores in depth how, when, where and by whom the most important North American bridges were built, and, with David Plowden's photographs, focuses on their most important engineering and aesthetic qualities. Plowden records the discoveries, misconceptions, struggles, failures and triumphs of the men who dedicated their energies to ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $39.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist Since the mid-1850s when coal-fired, reciprocating-engined steamboats were first heralded as a swift and reliable method of freight transportation, these majestic vessels have criss-crossed the Great Lakes transporting everything from coal to iron ore and cement. Until the advent of the diesel locomotive engine, the speed and efficiency of the ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $32.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Handful of Dust: Photographs of Disappearing America more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist Since making his earliest documentary photographs in the 1950s, David Plowden has honoured those proud structures and places that America has discarded - from brawny commercial and industrial centres to small towns and farms. But the scene has changed much in the last five decades. What's left of the honesty of small communities and the working of ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $31.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Place of Sense: Essays in Search of the Midwest more books like this by Professor Michael Martone (Editor), David Plowden (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The American Barn more books like this by David Plowden (Photographer) add to wishlist A beautiful photography book focused on a uniquely American subject--the barn, which author David Plowden has photographed throughout his career. The 130 full-page duotone photographs reproduced in THE AMERICAN BARN document a part of America and American culture that is disappearing all too rapidly, due to agribusiness and suburban sprawl. A ... see all copies from $20.12! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cape May to Montauk more books like this by Stephen Jones, N Falorp, David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
8	Imprints: David Plowden: A Retrospective more books like this by David Plowden, Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction by) add to wishlist From trains and bridges to small town steel mills and steamboats, David Plowden has devoted his career to memorializing the vestiges of America's industrial and rural past. This volume looks back over his career, selecting the best of his work recording the struggle between civilization and nature. see all copies from $22.87! new only from $589.95! \| first editions
9	Lincoln and His a more books like this by David Plowden, 02 Unknown add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	Nantucket more books like this by Patricia Coffin, David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Floor of the sky: the Great Plains. more books like this by David Plowden, Sierra Club add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12	Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography more books like this by David Plowden (Photographer), Richard Snow (Foreword by), Steve Edwards (Introduction by) add to wishlist This beautiful volume is both a tribute to and a celebration of the photographer who, more than anyone else, has produced a visual record of man's mark on the American land over the last half-century. David Plowden's beautiful black-and-white images reveal his great respect for man's ingenuity and honest work, documenting a disappearing landscape ... see all copies from $44.82! new only from $63.25! \| signed copies \| SVS
13	American Chronology more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $2.06! first editions
14	Commonplace more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $7.60! first editions \| SVS
15	A Time of Trains: David Plowden more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist The author's fascination with steam locomotives has resulted in a stunning photo book that has captured the last few signs of the steam era before it vanishes altogether. 130 duotone photographs. see all copies from $12.93! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
16	Industrial Landscape more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $40.49! first editions
17	Steel more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $3.21! first editions
18	A Sense of Place more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $2.43! signed copies \| first editions
19	Bridges more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist In David Plowden's words, "there is no more overt, powerful, or rational expression of accomplishment -- of man's ability to build." And Americans, in particular, have excelled in this structural art. Bridges explores in depth how, when, where, and by whom the most important North American bridges were built, and, with Plowden's superb photographs ... see all copies from $14.67! first editions
20	Tugboat: Text and Photographs more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist Describes a day in the life of a tugboat in the New York harbor. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	The Hand of Man on America by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! first editions
22	Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area: A Catalog for the Environment more books like this by David Plowden (Photographer), Stephen W. Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from $71.00! first editions
23	David Plowden: Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography more books like this by David Plowden (Photographer), Steve Edwards (Introduction by), Richard Snow (Introduction by) add to wishlist This signed, numbered, and limited edition comes with an exclusive print. "No one has photographed America as has David Plowden.... He is one of the great artists of our time."-David McCullough see all copies from $419.50! new only from $419.50!
24	Nantucket more books like this by Patricia Coffin, David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $5.50! first editions
25	The hand of man on America. more books like this by David Plowden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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