Barn Raisings is a true American novelette about a daughteras quest to fulfill the lifelong ambition she shared with her father to retrace the Appalachian byways to his childhood home and sketch the charming dilapidated old barns and get their untold stories. It takes them on a journey through the very soul of this country with several common parallel themes. Each chapter is a tale of a different barn unique in its style, purpose and history, but if you listen carefully, you can detect a single pulse beat of the very life of this great country, what made it great and what it takes to keep it great. The nostalgia is reminiscent of Grandpaas stories by the fireside and the heartwarming wonder it embraced and comforted us with.