Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of

Traces the creation of a rural Pennsylvania residential subdivision from its planning and building stages to the residencies of its first owners, in an account that offers insight into the years-long process of housing development and how it is related to sprawl and ex-urban growth. By the author of The Perfect House. 60,000 first printing.