Leisurely appreciation of the old-time activities of the American farmer, from sugaring-off to harvesting. Drawings of numerous tools, devices and building techniques.
Leisurely appreciation of the old-time activities of the American farmer, from sugaring-off to harvesting. Drawings of numerous tools, devices and building techniques.
Pencil sketches accompany descriptions of early American objects from the almanac and johnny-cake to the niddy noddy and zig-zag fence. Briefly discusses the use of the alphabet in early America.
Traces the way of life from early America and shares with those first settlers a reverence for wood, including a section on how to identify many of the most common trees in North America.
