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Diary of an Early American Boy: 1805

Diary of an Early American Boy: 1805

By: Eric Sloane

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For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, Noah Blake received a little leather-bound diary. This reprint of his actual journal offers modern readers a charming glimpse of a vanished era through the eyes of a nineteenth-century farm boy. Eric Sloane—a distinguished historian, author, and artist—has expanded Noah Blake's daily entries with a fascinating explanatory narrative and 72 delightful drawings.
Hailed by Library Journal as "informative and nostalgic," this unique book features descriptions and drawings of such common chores as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring, along with the construction of an entire backwoods farm. The result is a remarkable window onto the customs and preoccupations of rural New England two centuries ago.

Reprint of the Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York, 1962 edition.
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 to 48 hours
ISBN 100486463044
ISBN 139780486463049
Author/EditorEric Sloane
FormatHardcover
Page Count128
Dimensions8 3/8 x 11

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