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Museum of Early American Tools [Paperback]

Eric Sloane (Author)
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January 12, 1985
Fresh, informal, direct, and expressive, A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS covers early tools and the wooden and metal artifacts that our forefathers made with them. Including dozens of pen-and-ink sketches.


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Fresh, informal, direct, and expressive, A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS covers early tools and the wooden and metal artifacts that our forefathers made with them. Including dozens of pen-and-ink sketches.

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  • Paperback: 108 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 12, 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345326113
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345326119
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,473,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully illustrated peek into woodworking of old, July 23, 1998
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This book is loaded with great illustrations of the tools and uses of woodworkers and farmers of old. A fast read and a valuable resourse tool you will be using for years to come.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Art, January 16, 2007
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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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, June 3, 2006
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.
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