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Author: Alex W. Bealer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-17
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0486138623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFascinating story of early American woodworking enthusiastically describes and clearly illustrates a wide array of axes, saws, planes, hammers, and other implements used by frontiersmen. Over 200 drawings and photographs.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2005-10-27
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0486443426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLavishly illustrated primer on the work of tailors, shoemakers, calico printers, millers, and 29 other craftworkers provides valuable insights on Victorian working class culture. More than 700 illustrations.
Author: Peter C. Welsh
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-11-19
Total Pages: 99
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWoodworking Tools 1600-1900 is a book by Peter C. Welsh. It depicts the history of carpentry hand tools and their usage from the 17th to the 20th century.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780486425603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbsorbing book describes, in detail, farm tools and kitchen implements and how they were made. Includes devices used by curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, loggers, tanners, coachmakers, and other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. An informal, expressively written book for cultural historians, woodcrafters, and Americana enthusiasts. 184 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: Sidney A. Shapiro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-05-09
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1009489348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow Government Built America challenges growing, anti-government rhetoric by highlighting the role government has played in partnering with markets to build the United States. Sidney A. Shapiro and Joseph P. Tomain explore how markets can harm and fail the country, and how the government has addressed these extremes by restoring essential values to benefit all citizens. Without denying that individualism and small government are part of the national DNA, the authors demonstrate how democracy and a people pursuing communal interests are equally important. In highly engaging prose, the authors describe how the government, despite the complexity of markets, remains engaged in promoting economic prosperity, protecting people, and providing an economic safety net. Each chapter focuses on a historical figure, from Lincoln to FDR to Trump, to illustrate how the government-market mix has evolved over time. By understanding this history, readers can turn the national conversation back to what combination of government and markets will best serve the country.
Author: Thomas A. Janvier
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 2015-06-09
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0486805700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis charming account of Manhattan's history extends from the arrival of Dutch colonists in the early 1600s through the late nineteenth century. Intriguing details, dozens of illustrations and maps, and historian Thomas A. Janvier's wry sense of humor combine for a vivid portrait of the metropolis in its early years. Sketches, diary excerpts, and scenes from daily life recapture some of the city's long-vanished features. Ranging all over the island, the survey explores the farms and waterways of Greenwich Village, the Battery's fortifications, and shacks, barns, and mansions of the Upper East and West sides. Thirteen maps chronicle the city's expansion, and etchings, line drawings, and other images depict Fort Amsterdam, Chelsea's gates and doorways, and other public and private buildings. Written in an engaging, easy-to-read style, this fascinating book will enchant history buffs, students of urban planning and architecture, and all lovers of New York stories.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2004-02-18
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0486433943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Covering such topics as the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, and carpentry, Sloane remarks expansively and with affection on the resourcefulness of Early Americans in their use of this precious commodity.
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 5
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this brief statement is to call attention to this vast un-utilized hickory resource. The Tennessee Valley has an abundant, well-distributed supply of hickory. There is room for new hickory plants and room for existing plants to expand. It's an opportunity well worth investigating.
Author: Charles Morris
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 2016-01-14
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0486810100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the wake of San Francisco's 1906 catastrophe, an enterprising publisher dispatched journalist Charles Morris to obtain firsthand narratives from survivors. Morris's gripping report was rushed to press a few weeks later, providing "a complete and accurate account of the fearful disaster which visited the great city and the Pacific coast, the reign of panic and lawlessness, the plight of 300,000 homeless people, and the worldwide rush to the rescue." The first comprehensive account of the calamity, this historic chronicle traces the chain of events from the initial earthquake and fire to the rescue activities, recovery operations, and the colossal task of rebuilding. Packed with tales of narrow escapes, devastating losses, incredible feats of heroism, and heartwarming acts of generosity, the book is complemented by fifty-nine original full-page plates.
