print email comment close Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland URL: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/ Description: Devoted to midwestern prairie farmhouses of the 1800s and early 1900s. Contains information on early settlers and homes, farming, balloon frame houses, the L house, the wheat boom and bust; excerpts from writings of the time (including authors Willa Cather, Bill Holm, and Orval Lund); a virtual farmhouse; and essays "What is Sustainable Agriculture?" and "A Sustainable Future?" Online companion to documentary film of same title by Minnesota's Twin Cities Public Television. From PBS Online . Author: Heath, David Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Agriculture -- Middle West -- History Farmhouses -- Minnesota Prairies -- Middle West Prairies in literature Sustainable agriculture Vernacular architecture LII Database Information: Record 4331 created by Tom McGibney on 03/26/2002 Last modification on 04/02/2002 Published: 03/26/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4331