Colonial blacksmiths not only fashioned objects from iron, but they were also sometimes involved in other trades, such as veterinary medicine. Readers will follow a day in the life of a blacksmith in this graphica book.
"After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives--and eventually her own"--Back cover.
horseshoeing, carriage and wagon building and painting : based on the text book on horseshoeing by A. Lungwitz : with chapters on carriage-ironing, wagon and buggy painting, varnishing, ornamenting, etc.
