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A Museum of Early American Tools

A Museum of Early American Tools

By: Eric Sloane

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This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and expressively written, the text covers bulding tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; and the tools of curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, loggers, tanners, and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Scores of pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict "special tools for every job," among them a hollowing gouge, hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, boring auger, mortising chisel, a holding dog, hauling sledge, winnowing tray, reaping hooks, splitting wedge, felling axe, propping saw horse, and other traditional implements. Sure to be prized by cultural historians, this volume will delight woodcrafters interested in making their own tools and thrill general readers with its store of Americana.

Reprint of the Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., New York, 1964 edition.
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 to 48 hours
ISBN 100486425606
ISBN 139780486425603
Author/EditorEric Sloane
FormatBook
Page Count128
Dimensions6 x 9

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