Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 by Sloane, Eric

Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486436661)

Vendor: Eric Sloane
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Format: Paperback
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Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 by Sloane, Eric

Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805

$14.95
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 by Sloane, Eric

Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805

$14.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, young Noah Blake's parents gave him a little leatherbound diary in which he recorded the various activities on his father's farm. This reprint of an actual early nineteenth-century book provides today's readers with a delightful rarity -- a view of bygone days through the eyes of a young boy. Eric Sloane has taken the notebook with its brief comments and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and 72 of his own remarkable drawings.
Verbal and graphic sketches detail the construction of an entire backwoods farm as well as such common tasks as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring. The result is "an extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . [that] will delight readers of all ages." -- History in Review.

Author: Eric Sloane
ISBN-10: 0486436667
ISBN-13: 9780486436661
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.20d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2006 pg. 120
By Eric Sloane
By Eric Sloane
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The books of Eric Sloane celebrate the time-honored traditions of early America and remind us of the ties that forever bind us to them. A prolific artist, Sloane created nearly 15,000 paintings and drawings over his lifetime, many of which enhance his delightful books of bygone days.

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