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Museum of Early American Tools
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Illustrates a huge variety of axes, hammers, chisels, etc.--each one perfectly suited to a specific task and carefully made to individual specifications.
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Reverence for Wood
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Details the experience of restoring a barn and includes anecdotes and lore onevery aspect of wood.
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American Yesterday
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This compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes, illustrated with the author's own pen, captures the living legacy of America as seen in "the things that were." The author lovingly describes the careers of dowsers, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men (plumbers), barber-surgeons, sellmongers, fence-viewers, and other old-time artisans and ...
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Our Vanishing Landscape
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This book takes readers on a leisurely journey through a bygone era with fascinating accounts of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes, waterwheels and icehouses, colorful road signs and their painters, circus folk, and more. Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful narrative remains a milestone of Americana. 81 black ...
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Seasons of America Past
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A charming book that takes readers through a full year's activities. Sloane's drawings 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 and practical value to this delightful work. 75 black-and-white ...
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Spirits of '76
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American Barns and Covered Bridges
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This lovingly written book presents reliable records of such vanishing forms of architecture as the American barn and covered bridge. Delightful anecdotes accompany accurate line drawings of barns attached to houses, an "open" log barn in Virginia, a "top hat" barn in North Carolina, and more. Over 75 black-and-white illustrations.
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Cracker Barrel
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With words both wise and droll -- along with his inimitable line drawings -- Sloane re-creates the flavor of the country store in all its delightful moods: as a meetinghouse, a public forum, and an entertainment center. Sage opinions on everything from the American necktie, almanacs, and capitalism to "the good old days." 55 illustrations.
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Diary of an Early American Boy
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Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake-1805
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This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." --" History in Review."
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Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was
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As it describes the life of American settlers, the text emphasizes those qualities which came to represent the spirit of our country.
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book
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Sloane instructs readers how to glean climate information by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. A beautifully illustrated and practical treasure trove of enlightening lore for outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone who has ever wondered whether to take an umbrella when leaving the house. 87 illustrations.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse
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Harkening back to a time when the three Rs actually stood for reading, 'riting, and religion, Sloane's sketchbook explores the history of early American schools. He writes of the preciousness of paper, the origins of the words "blackboard" and "moonlighting," and offers marvelous illustrations of one-room New England schoolhouses, desks, and ...
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Eric Sloane's Sketches of America Past
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The building of America is the overlying theme of this superb collection of Americana by the legendary artist and writer, Eric Sloane. Originally published in three volumes, this compilation depicts the lifestyle of our forefathers, stressing early American resourcefulness.
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Eric Sloane's America
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A depiction of American history at the grass-roots level, with background information and detailed black-and-white illustrations of farms, sawmills, covered bridges, and architecture, with anecdotes about early American traditions. (352 pp.)
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Eric Sloan's an Age of Barns
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Welcome to our history and heritage center. From Big Rigs to Custer and the Little Bighorn, we have an eclectic mix of special and regional interest books perfect for the reader looking for more information on a favorite subject
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I Remember America
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Skies and the Artist: How to Draw Clouds and Sunsets
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One of the first books of its kind, Sloane's "talk on clouds" does much more than teach you how to draw. Before the sketching even begins, he describes different types of "cloudscapes" and offers homespun techniques that help add texture and realism to cloud illustrations. Includes 110 black-and-white illustrations.
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Eric Sloane's Weather Almanac
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'Eric Sloane's Weather Almanac' combines two classic, long out-of-print Sloane volumes, Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster (1955) and Folklore of American Weather (1963). Readers will learn weather forecasting tips such as which winds bring what kinds of weather, how to 'read' clouds, how to foretell the weather by the moon, and more. ...
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Mr. Daniels and The Grange
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The Sound of Bells
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Age of Barns
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Recollections in Black and White
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From one of America's favorite folk artists -- 74 pen-and-ink sketches created when Sloane traveled the country as a sign painter in the early 20th century. Images include delightful impressions of streams winding through snow-covered landscapes, sturdy stone barns and farmhouses, covered bridges, farming tools, plus commentary on roads traveled ...
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Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather
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Delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations takes readers on a voyage of discovery as the versatile author traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England and its effect on Americans from varied backgrounds -- including a bush pilot in Canada, and a New England sailor. 43 black-and-white ...
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Eric Sloane's Book of Storms: Hurricanes, Twisters and Squalls
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What triggers a tornado? What can you see in the eye of a hurricane? What's the difference between a thunderbolt and a thunderclap? With his warm, conversational style and more than 100 original illustrations, popular author and artist Eric Sloane explains "elementary meteorology so clearly that the completely uninformed can gain an immediate ...
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