Roots in Adobe

By Dorothy L. Pillsbury and Dorthy L. Pillsbury; Illustrator-Sam Smith

Book Overview

Roots In Adobe is a book written by Dorothy L. Pillsbury that provides a comprehensive guide to the history, construction, and preservation of adobe buildings. The book covers the use of adobe as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890160716
• ISBN13: 9780890160718
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Lightning Tree Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

No High Adobe

We are so planted in the 21st century and all its accouterments that we forget there was another time, even when some of us lived in it. Dorothy L. Pillsbury transports us back to a simpler time and tells the reader about the Spanish, Indian, and Anglo culture in mid 20th century Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reading the four Adobe series books, in order, is like watching "progress" happen while still hanging on to the old ways. If you have an interest is reasonably contemporary history, the southwest US, divergent cultures, or just want to relax while you read, get all these books and just sit back and enjoy every delightful word. I am so glad I've been able to spend time in Tenario Flat with Dorothy's friends and neighbors.

Roots In Adobe - A View of Santa Fe of the past

I have read all four of Dorothy Pillsbury's Adobe books. They are wonderful. You can read each little story individually or just sit down, or lay down, and read until you are transported to the Santa Fe of 1940 New Mexico. Dorothy retired from social work in Southern California and moved to Santa Fe. Each little story makes us at home with the people and town that she learned to love. The Indian and Spanish customs and history of that time that is all but forgotten. I remember, when i was a child, going to the La Fonda Hotel with my aunt and uncle and we were the only ones there in the patio in the middle of summer. A sleepy little town. Each of the four of the Pillsbury's Adobe series, including Roots in Adobe, are a continuation of the these stories.