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A Rural Carpenter's World The Craft in a Nineteenth-Century New York Township (American Land and Life Series)
by Wayne Franklin
Published by Univ of Iowa Pr Iowa City 1990 First Edition Hardcover
Book/DJ Condition: AN/AN 9.5 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 302 pp; Book is new - received straight from distributor. Back flap of DJ had corner folded over (it arrived this way from publisher). The authors meticulous identification of more than one hundred individuals referred to in James C. Holmes diary and the authors group biography of over sixty carpenters who practiced in the New York area until 1900 create portraits of real lives, demonstrati ng the complexities of the social landscape after the Civil War.
ISBN: 0877452776
Keywords: American History, Woodworking, |