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The books of Eric Sloane celebrate the time-honored traditions of early America and remind us of the ties that forever bind us to them. To browse more bestsellers, click here.
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 The Little Red Schoolhouse
by Eric Sloane
Harkening back to a time when the three Rs stood for reading, 'riting, and religion, Sloane's sketchbook explores the history of early American schools. Includes marvelous illustrations of one-room New England schoolhouses, desks, and benches.
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| |  The Seasons of America Past
by Eric Sloane
Seventy-five illustrations depict cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps, stump-pulling equipment, plows, and other elements of America's rural heritage. A section of old recipes and household hints adds additional color.
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| Products in Americana, American History | | |  | American Barns and Covered Bridges
by Eric Sloane
Lovingly written book, accompanied by the author's own sketches, depicts Maine-styled barns attached to houses, an "open" log barn in Virginia, a 2,088-foot covered bridge at Clark's Ferry, Pennsylvania, and a host of other structures.
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|  | American Yesterday
by Eric Sloane
Immensely enjoyable book lovingly describes careers of dowsers, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men (plumbers), barber-surgeons, sellmongers, fence-viewers, and other old-time artisans and craftworkers. 96 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | The Cracker Barrel
by Eric Sloane
Sloane re-creates the country store in all its delightful moods: as a meetinghouse, a public forum, and entertainment center. Sage opinions on everything from capitalism to "the good old days." 55 illustrations.
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|  | Diary of an Early American Boy: 1805
by Eric Sloane
A noted historian complements an authentic 19th-century journal of New England farm life with an explanatory narrative and 72 delightful drawings. This deluxe hardcover edition is a keepsake treasure.
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| | | The Little Red Schoolhouse
by Eric Sloane
Harkening back to a time when the three Rs stood for reading, 'riting, and religion, Sloane's sketchbook explores the history of early American schools. Includes marvelous illustrations of one-room New England schoolhouses, desks, and benches.
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|  | A Museum of Early American Tools
by Eric Sloane
Fascinating look by noted historian at devices used by wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Deluxe hardcover edition features 184 accurate, engaging illustrations by the author.
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|  | Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was
by Eric Sloane
Nostalgic text and drawings brim with gentle philosophies and descriptions of how we used to live — self-sufficiently — on the land, in homes, and among the things built by hand. 44 line illustrations.
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|  | Our Vanishing Landscape
by Eric Sloane
Charming anecdotes about a bygone era describe networks of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes; waterwheels and icehouses; colorful road signs and their painters; circus folk; and more. 81 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Recollections in Black and White
by Eric Sloane
Nostalgic treasury of 74 early pen-and-ink sketches of snow-covered landscapes, sturdy stone barns and farmhouses, covered bridges, farming implements, spring houses, and more; plus autobiographical commentary on roads traveled and sights seen.
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| | | The Seasons of America Past
by Eric Sloane
Seventy-five illustrations depict cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps, stump-pulling equipment, plows, and other elements of America's rural heritage. A section of old recipes and household hints adds additional color.
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