A Museum of Early American Tools | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 141594
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0486463036
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780486463032
ASIN: 0486463036
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
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Product Description
Absorbing 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.
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 An Historical lassic February 27, 2008
I just finised reading the 1976 edition of A Museum Of Early American Tools. I love this book! It is obvious that Mr. Sloane had both a deep understanding and a heartfelt reverence for our American history, the implements that were such an integral part of it, and the ingenious craftsmen who designed and fabricated them. Our early history is indeed told most eloquently by the tools our ancestors devised. And who better to lead us through that story than Eric Sloane. I'm adding more of his books to my wish list.
Mike Dearing
 Very informative October 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love tools, especially old tools and I found this book to be a treasure trove of information. As the title claims, it is a museum. For every tool there are one or two drawings and a short blurb on the tools were used and made - frequently I want more detail than this, but it is a starting place, just as any museum. For the price, this book is a good value for any lover of old tools.
Great Art January 17, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Eric Sloane doing what he does best. The illustrations are superb as usual and so are the descriptions of how the tools were used. This book is bound to make you think differently the next time you are at a yard sale or fleamarket standing in front of a bunch of old rusty tools.
Great June 4, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I would have to say this is one of my best books! The pen and ink drawings a wonderful. So well writen with so much information. I just finished reading this again and feel like going and useing some of the tools in there that i own! I love working with wood and other materials in the American way. Some of the tecniques he dessribes are so ture an i use the all the time! If u love America and/or hand tools, you must own this book.
A Museum of Early American Tools August 6, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very informative and well written
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