Description
For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, young Noah Blake's parents gave him a little leatherbound diary in which he recorded the various activities on his father's farm. This reprint of an actual early nineteenth-century book provides today's readers with a delightful rarity -- a view of bygone days through the eyes of a young boy. Eric Sloane has taken the notebook with its brief comments and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and 72 of his own remarkable drawings.
Verbal and graphic sketches detail the construction of an entire backwoods farm as well as such common tasks as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring. The result is an extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . that] will delight readers of all ages. -- History in Review.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780486436661
ISBN10: 0486436667
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Verbal and graphic sketches detail the construction of an entire backwoods farm as well as such common tasks as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring. The result is an extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . that] will delight readers of all ages. -- History in Review.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780486436661
ISBN10: 0486436667
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
About the Author
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. A prolific artist, Sloane created nearly 15,000 paintings and drawings over his lifetime, many of which enhance his delightful books of bygone days.
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