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Book Reviews of Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway

Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway
Last Harvest How a Cornfield Became New Daleville Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twentyfirst Century and Why We Live in Houses Anyway
Author: Witold Rybczynski
ISBN-13: 9780743235969
ISBN-10: 0743235967
Publication Date: 4/17/2007
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway on + 21 more book reviews
I wouldn't call this a compelling story, but it certainly is interesting to watch the whole process of development, especially since the story goes from 2001 through 2007 - right up to the brink of the housing bust. Apparently the community is now nearly completely built. There is even a facebook page for "The Real Housewives of New Daleville"

I found some of the historical information to be fascinating and I wish there had been more of that.