Some written by experts, others the first hand accounts of early craftsmen, pioneers, and travelers, they cover a wide variety of subjects including: lumber rafting down the Delaware in 1896; America's largest tool store-Hammacher Schlemmer in 1900; how tinsmiths used their tools; the bygone cobbler and clogmaker; cutting; blacksmiths' hammer signals; traditional soapmaking on the frontier; making horsehair sieves; education of apprentices in New England and more.
424 pages
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
Item #: BK134