American Windmills: An Album of Historic Photographs

The content is rich and very engaging. There's a lot to the history of windmills and this book is more than just photos. Besides historical photo enthusiasts, anyone who's interested in U.S. history would find this a fun niche well worth exploring.Unfortunately the binding on the paperback version proved to be poorly glued, and by the half-way point, pages were starting to come out with the slightest of provocations, such as even turning a page. Consequently, I do not recommend the paperback version. The publisher claims this is a one-off manufacturing error. However, note that they will not replace a copy purchased from Amazon. If you buy the paperback version, be sure to check your copy for integrity right away so that you can process a claim through Amazon if necessary.

I enjoyed reading this book cover to cover. The information was very valuable as my occupation is a Tour Guide.

This book was a complete surprise, meaning, I never knew there was such a colorful history about windmills. This book would be good to have in a school library. It would be useful for historians writing about early America.

very informative on different types of windmills

Prairie Wind, Poems & Stories "The windmill is a fondly recognized feature of the American landscape, a sentinel rising above rooftops and fields. Its stalwart presence states clearly that human ingenuity has been at work." And so we begin an enjoyable guided tour of one of the mechanical icons of America. Even while rushing by on interstates, in the far distance a windmill can often be seen. If less hurried and slower routes are taken, windmills can be seen along the roadside as reminders of man and nature cooperating. American Windmills is a pleasant and enjoyable experience. Through Lindsay Baker's photographs and clarity of writing, windmills and those who made them and used them are brought to life. Having written about wind power history for twenty-five years, his album contains historic images captured by professional windmiller B. H. "Tex" Burdick and from corporate archives of windmill manufacturers. Windmills were used in a wide variety of settings: ranches and farms, alongside railroads, in industry and even in urban areas. The photographs depict the manufacture, distribution and use of windmills in all regions of the United States with an emphasis on the Great Plains. In a visual tour, we are taken into the factories showing how commercial windmills were mass produced and marketed. In rural America we learn how inventive people designed their own homemade wind machines. Windmills are the remnants of lives lived in harmony with the earth. They are symbols of a peoples' determination. They are Americana.

Amazing book, great antique photos of early wind machines. Knowing how rare these are one can appreciate the work and time T.L. Baker took for this book!

They show the cover to look like this but when you receive it. Its a plain red book. To me is misleading false advertising and was very disappointed.