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Eric Sloane
A beautifully illustrated book of enlightening lore for outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone who has ever wondered whether to take an umbrella when leaving the house. 87 illustrations.
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With his conversational style and more than 100 original illustrations, the popular author and artist explains elementary meteorology so clearly that the completely uninformed can gain an immediate understanding. -…
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In a rare autobiographical work, the beloved cracker-barrel philosopher shares his experiences on the roads he drove during two voyages from New York to his beloved Taos – in 1925…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Illustrates a huge variety of axes, hammers, chisels, etc.–each one perfectly suited to a specific task and carefully made to individual specifications.
Lovingly written book, accompanied by the author’s own sketches, depicts Maine-styled barns attached to houses, an open log barn in Virginia, a 2,088-foot covered bridge at Clark’s Ferry, Pennsylvania, and…
This delightful presentation of Sloane’s drawings and descriptions of early American devices and occupations is a reprint of 1956 publication. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations takes readers on a voyage of discovery - from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. 43 black-and-white illustrations.
Refreshingly written, delightfully illustrated book remarks expansively on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this valuable commodity - from the crafting of furniture, tools, and buildings to…
This 19th-century diary offers a fascinating rarity: an authentic journal, plus 72 drawings and an explanatory narrative. Extraordinary … will delight readers of all ages. – History in Review.
Charming anecdotes about a bygone era describe networks of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes; waterwheels and icehouses; colorful road signs and their painters; circus folk; and more. 81 black-and-white illustrations.
With words both wise and droll – along with his inimitable line drawings – Sloane re-creates the flavor of the country store in all its delightful moods: as a meetinghouse…
Seventy-five illustrations depict cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps, stump-pulling equipment, plows, and other elements of America’s rural heritage. A section of old recipes and household hints adds additional color.
This nostalgic text brims with gentle philosophies and descriptions of how we used to live –self-sufficiently – on land, in homes, and among things built by hand. The author’s charming…
The finest cloud painter of his generation – and one of Dover’s most popular authors – travels back in time to explore how early American farmers interpreted and embraced weather…
Sloane’s talk on clouds describes different types of cloudscapes and offers homespun techniques that help add texture and realism to cloud illustrations. 110 black-and-white illustrations.
School days, like our everydays, have changed. But the obsolete world of the one-room schoolhouse filled with rough-hewn desks still lingers. The echoes of yesteryear live on in the old-fashioned…
A noted historian complements an authentic 19th-century journal of New England farm life with an explanatory narrative and 72 delightful drawings. This deluxe hardcover edition is a keepsake treasure.
Single-volume combination of Eric Sloane’s Almanac and Weather Forecaster and Folklore of American Weather offers a fascinating source of forecasting tips based on wind, clouds, moon, and other natural phenomena…
This book is about once-upon-a-time in America. – Eric Sloane. Writer and artist Eric Sloane had an abiding love for America and worked throughout a long and productive life to…
Eric Sloane,Eric Hatch
Spirited reminders of yesteryear, clamoring bells in all their forms ring of America and freedom. In this charmingly illustrated book, two nostalgia experts share their enthusiasm for the subject, covering…
Eric Von Hippel
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Eric Grissom
Two genetically engineered, teenage astronauts crash land on a fantastic planet and are forced to grow up in a world filled with rock monsters, giant insects, smoke ninjas, and a…
Gabriele Nebe,Eric M. Rains,Neil J. A. Sloane
One of the most remarkable and beautiful theorems in coding theory is Gleason’s 1970 theorem about the weight enumerators of self-dual codes and their connections with invariant theory, which has…
Marcie J Tyre, Eric Von Hippel
In this book, Eric von Hippel, Marcie J. Tyre, and their colleagues explore the situated nature of adaptive learning in organizations. Drawing on extensive research in a variety of organizational…
