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Our Vanishing Landscape

Our Vanishing Landscape

By: Eric Sloane

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Written with humor and affection, and enhanced with 81 of the author’s charming, historically accurate drawings, Our Vanishing Landscape takes readers on a leisurely sojourn through a bygone era. Leading us along rustic winding roads bordering fields and farmhouses, Eric Sloane captures our imaginations as he offers us a guided tour that evokes the America of pioneer times.
This fascinating narrative describes networks of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes; tollgates, waterwheels, and icehouses; country inns and churches; ingenious and colorful road signs; and massive snow-rollers that packed snow into hard surfaces for great sleds. Here also are engrossing accounts of toll-road owners, sign painters, circus folk, and other entertainers of the period.
Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful, warmly written book remains a genuine and permanent contribution to the field of Americana.

Reprint of the Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1955 edition.
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 to 48 hours
ISBN 100486436780
ISBN 139780486436784
Author/EditorEric Sloane
Page Count112
Dimensions6.14 x 9.21

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