This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and expressively written; the text covers bulding tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; and the tools of curriers; wheelwrights; coopers; blacksmiths; coachmakers; loggers; tanners; and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Scores of pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict "special tools for every job;" among them a hollowing gouge; hay fork; cornering chisel; apple butter paddle; boring auger; mortising chisel; a holding dog; hauling sledge; winnowing tray; reaping hooks; splitting wedge; felling axe; propping saw horse; and other traditional implements. Sure to be prized by cultural historians; this volume will delight woodcrafters interested in making their own tools and thrill general readers with its store of Americana.
#55134 in Books Amelia Simmons 1984-10-01 1984-10-01Format: FacsimileOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.46 x .21 x 5.58l; .26 #File Name: 048624710480 pagesThe First American Cookbook A Facsimile of American Cookery 1796
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy B. SmithInteresting.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not today's ingredientsBy Claudette SWhat fun reading this 'historical' cookbook. Don't know how anyone was able to make a recipe to detail. Lots of fats in these recipes! Very interesting.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A fun snippit of cooking history!By EMarieThis cookbook is like reading a history book from the American kitchen. If you enjoy cooking you enjoy history; you will enjoy reading this cookbook!
