Sermons in stone: the stone walls of New England and New York

Preface to the new edition

Part I. Generations of fences; The ruins of New England; Generations of fences; As American as...a fence viewer and a town pound

Part II. Sermons in stones; Sermons in stones; Erratic thoughts

Part III. Walling in the land; A frenzy of wall building; Wall builders of early New England; Two case studies: The lace walls of Martha's Vineyard and Shaker stone walls; The irony of walls

Part IV. The walls of affluence; Walls of affluence; The wall builders of today; Rediscovering walls.