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Author: Michael Wigley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2009-08-21
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 048646525X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEric Sloane's evocative oils of America's landscape and material culture shimmer with immense historical and nostalgic appeal. This original hardcover collection gathers nearly a hundred of his finest paintings, with subjects ranging from New England to the American Southwest.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerica as it was--a simpler, quieter country of farms, villages and handcrafted beauty. Now with this majestic book, Eric Sloane restores it to us in an album of stunning artwork, a passionate rememberance of our American landscape--Cover.
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: 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.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0486463044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpts from a teenager's diary interspersed with the author's comments and illustrations depict the lifestyle and crafts of rural New England.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: New York : W. Funk
Published: 1956
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Eric Sloane has here brought together engrossing facts and anecdotes and, with his observant pen, has illustrated the activities, the customs, the things that were created by the people who made their living in what some of us today are prone to call antique ways. As always in Eric Sloane's books of Americana, the reader, young and old, is delighted and charmed with America yesterday. This book is dedicated to those people who have kept the past alive, sorting out the discarded objects with fond hands, though not knowing exactly why they did so, but having the New England tradition that everything comes in handy some time if one waits long enough. Those with this feeling will welcome the 'voice of ghosts' to be found here. This book captures in its way the living heritage of America as seen in 'the things that were.'
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0486436780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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-and-white illustrations.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0486425614
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2005-10-28
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 0486443574
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." — The Nation In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting — and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and common sense shining through in a book that's also lively and informative, Sloane shows readers how to predict the weather by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. This beautifully illustrated and practical treasure trove of climate lore will enlighten outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone else who has ever wondered what a large halo around the moon means, why birds "sit it out" before a storm, and whether or not to take an umbrella when leaving the house.
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 0486444112
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis nostalgic text brims with gentle philosophies and descriptions of how we used to live — self-sufficiently — on land, in homes, and among things built by hand. The author's charming illustrations celebrate our heritage and the spirit that nurtured it, but also recall the vanished joys of America's pioneer past. 44 line illustrations.
