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An 1890 manual of pastimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping.
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The American boy's handy book
2001, Derrydale Press, Distributed by National Book Network
in English
1586670654 9781586670658
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The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It (Nonpareil Book, 29)
October 1, 1998, David R Godine
Paperback
in English
- Centennial edition
0879234490 9780879234492
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American Boys Handy Book
February 1995, Stevens Publishing
Paperback
in English
1885529201 9781885529206
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The American boys handy book: what to do and how to do it
1983, D.R. Godine
in English
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0879234490 9780879234492
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The American boys handy book: what to do and how to do it
Publish date unknown, Charles Scribner's Sons
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Edition Notes
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1890.
Includes index.
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A nostalgic re-print of a practical manual for a boy's life around the turn of the 20th century. Sadly, many of the activities in this book are out of reach for the modern boy. The manual assumes the reader lives if not in utter wilderness, at least within walking distance of nature; which is no longer the case for most urban or even suburban boys. Also, a lot of the projects for building things assume the boy has access to items which are no longer commonly to be found; wooden barrel lids for one.
The book is not for these reasons useless; several activities, such as knot-tying, are still practical skills to learn. In areas that get snow in the winter, the directions for building snow forts and playing winter games are clear and the designs work.
As a practical how-to manual or as a social history of childhood in America, the Handy Book is an enjoyable and useful book.
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