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"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of ...
Absorbing book describes, in detail, farm tools and kitchen implements and how they were made. Includes devices used by curriers, wheelwrights, cooper...
Voyageur Press is proud to publish this new edition of Eric Sloaneโs classic folksy history of American weather. Combining two Sloane books, "Eric S...
Eric Sloane's Sketchbook of Roadside Americana
In an extraordinary book that is also a rare autobiographical work, Eric Sloane shares his travel experiences during two trips he made from New York t...
Seventy-five illustrations depict cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps, stump-pulling equipment, plows, and other elements of America's rural heritag...
Hurricanes, Twisters and Squalls
What triggers a tornado? What can you see in the eye of a hurricane? What's the difference between a thunderbolt and a thunderclap? Popular author and...
Portrays how Americans lived in the past and shows how they reasoned and what their attitude toward life was--their personal aspirations and national ...
This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Cha...
Harkening back to a time when the three Rs stood for reading, 'riting, and religion, Sloane's sketchbook explores the history of early American school...
Excerpts from a teenager's diary interspersed with the author's comments and illustrations depict the lifestyle and crafts of rural New England....
Many drawings and diagrms to help the layman understand the mechanics of storms....
A Treasury of Early American Folk Wisdom
A delightful mixture of early American know-how and good old-fashioned gentility, Eric Sloane's Do's and Don'ts captures the spirit of bygone America ...
A Sketchbook of American Weather
The finest "cloudscape" painter of his generation, Eric Sloane enjoyed traveling back in time to explore how early American farmers interpreted and em...
The special knowledge of which wood is suited to which task, the ready identification of native trees, the reverence for wood, the instinctive knowled...
How to Draw Clouds and Sunsets
Eric Sloane always asserted that "Drawing clouds and sky is an important part of art study," pointing out that nearly every great picture features sky...
A compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes vitalized by author Eric Sloane's own pen, this book captures the living legacy of America as seen in ...
Takes the reader on a voyage of discovery as the author traces a single mass of air traveling from the Canadian Rockies to the northeastern United Sta...
Looks at implements, inventions, and everyday items from early American life as well as examining schoolhouses and classroom equipment....
The Way America Was
This nostalgic text brims with gentle philosophies and descriptions of how we used to live โ self-sufficiently โ on land, in homes, and among thin...
America as it was--a simpler, quieter country of farms, villages and handcrafted beauty. Now with this majestic book, Eric Sloane restores it to us in...
This lovingly written book presents reliable records of such vanishing forms of architecture as the American barn and covered bridge. Delightful anecd...
From one of America's favorite folk artists -- 74 pen-and-ink sketches created when Sloane traveled the country as a sign painter in the early 20th ce...
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The author shares the highlights of his life and career and shows his paintings of barns, farmhouses, and fields in New England and adobe houses and p...
A Sketchbook of Inventions, Curiosities, and Lore
8-1/2 x 11 64 pgs approx. 187 b&w illustrations...
For collectors of Americana, a completely charming account of passing scenes attractively rendered ... including mills, roads, canals, fences, inns, c...
A reprint of Noah Blake's nineteenth-century diary in which he recorded the day-to-day activities on his father's farm....
A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts
Looks at implements, inventions, and everday items from early American life...
This single-volume combination of Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster and Folklore of American Weather offers a fascinating source of forecas...
Museum Exhibition ; Paintings, Artifacts, Tools
A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane
Sloane's love for the American landscape, his respect for craftsmanship, and his desire to preserve the traditions and values of yesterday are reflect...
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A Sketchbook of Roadside Americana