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The University Daily Kansan
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By Jeremy Johnson Special to the Kansan
Book party to recognize professor's final novel
Although Harris Stone, professor of architecture, died in June 1995, those close to him are taking time to celebrate both his final book and the man behind it.
The book party also will celebrate the efforts needed to get the book published. Stone was 15 pages short of completing the book when he died — leaving his wife and two of his colleagues to finish it.
a book party from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at The Raven Bookstore, 6 E. Seventh St., will honor Stone's final book, "Dispersed City of the Plains," which was released earlier this year. The School of Architecture and Urban Design will co-sponsor the event.
Stone had a final draft for half the book when his terminal cancer was diagnosed by his doctor in March 1995. He devoted the last three months of his life to completing the book.
Joan Stone, professor of dance, watched her husband's health deteriorate as he worked. He lived page by page, she said, and his continued effort was an accomplishment.
accompany Harris Stone continued writing until two weeks before his death. His wife, who wrote the forward to the book, finished hand-writing the final chapter. Bill Carswell, associate professor of architecture, finished the book's illustrations, but in a different style than the author's.
"I chose not to emulate his style of drawing," Carswell said. "I wanted to do drawings that were less exuberant to recognize the fact that he had passed away. So as you read the text, the drawings become more sedate."
The book is a look at settlement and town-building patterns of the Great Plains. It examines how building patterns differed from those predominant on the East Coast and in Europe.
"This new book is all about the history and potential of a new model of town building," said Joan Stone.
Barry Newton, professor of architecture, wrote the introduction to the book. He said Harris Stone wanted to examine not only the differences in settlement patterns, but also why those differences existed and their implications on work, community and architecture.
ine inspiration for writing about the Great Plains came from Harris Stone's involvement with the restoration project of the Barber Schoolhouse, a one-room structure built in 1871 near Clinton Lake.
The project was part of an
Harris Stone in Spannocchia, Italy.
Stone's family and friends will celebrate the posthumous release of his final book "Dispersed City of the Plains" tonight at The Raven Bookstore,
6 E. Seventh St. Photo by Wallace May
BOOK PARTY
What: A celebration honoring the recent release of the book "Dispersed City of the Plains"
Where: The Raven Bookstore, 6
E. Seventh St.
architectural preservation class he taught with Newton.
he taught with Newton said the book was written in an essay style and had a novelistic feel.
Lending to that personal feel are the book's illustrations, which were sketched by the author, and its hand-written text. Harris Stone originally typed and edited the text, then rewrote the final draft by hand.
"He was always interested in craft," Newton said. "So, there's a certain craft-based sense to the handwriting. And it gives the book flavor."
"Dispersed City of the Plains" is Harris Stone's fourth book. Joan Stone described the books as a continuous, evolving workbook.
BOOK
Joan Stone, Newton and Carswell will read excerpts from "Dispersed City of the Plains" tonight and talk about the man who wrote it.
Newton said that anyone interested in attending the book party was invited.
The book can be purchased at the book party and also is available at Mt. Oread Bookshop in the Kansas Union.
-Edited by Aerica Veazey
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