An edition of A Reverence for Wood (1955)

Bt-Reverence for Wood

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Bt-Reverence for Wood
Eric Sloane, Eric Sloane
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An edition of A Reverence for Wood (1955)

Bt-Reverence for Wood

  • 3.0 (1 rating) ·
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This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Charmingly illustrated with author Eric Sloane's own sketches, the text illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood.

Covering such topics as the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, and carpentry, Sloane remarks expansively and with affection on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this precious commodity. From cradle to coffin, the pioneer was surrounded by wood. It was used to make tools, fence the land, and build barns. People sat at wooden tables on wooden chairs and ate from wooden dishes. Charcoal, one of the many by-products of wood, was used to preserve meat, remove offensive odors, and produce ink. The bark of various trees was processed to make medicine.

An entertaining, factual, and historically accurate book, A Reverence for Wood will delight woodcrafters and lovers of Americana. It is "one of Eric Sloane's best books." (Library Journal)—Dover

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Ballantine Books
Language
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Cover of: Bt-Reverence for Wood
Bt-Reverence for Wood
February 12, 1981, Ballantine Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: A Reverence for Wood
A Reverence for Wood
1973, Ballantine Books
in English
Cover of: A reverence for wood.
A reverence for wood.
1965, W. Funk
in English
Cover of: Reverence for Wood
Reverence for Wood
June 1955, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Hardcover

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OL10683700M
ISBN 10
0345296125
ISBN 13
9780345296122
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4038

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