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Catalogue Of The Exhibition Of 81 Of The Paintings From The
Association's Gunn Collection.
Catalogue Of The Exhibition Of 81 Of The Paintings From The
Association's Gunn Collection.
George Washington Thru Dwight D. Eisenhower.
George Washington Thru Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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The Golden Age of Homespun (Paperback)
Jared Van Wagenen; Illustrated by Erwin H. Austin; Foreword by Louis C. Jones
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"You have seen neglected oxbows, but what do you know of their
making or of the training of a yoke of oxen? . . . What do you know
of the rambling shoemakers who came to a farmhouse and stayed until
each member of the family was newly shod with leather from the
farm's cattle? Have you ever wondered about the processes by which
our frontiersmen translated forest land into fields of wheat? What
do you know about those two first crops of the pioneers, ashes and
maple sugar? What do you know of log houses, of shingle making,
bridges, and flax growing, of spinning and weaving cloth for a
garment that was homegrown and homemade? Here is folk history, the
accumulated memory of old men and women whom the author knew, . . .
memories he has substantiated by a lifetime of research." from the
Foreword by Louis C. Jones
The Golden Age of Homespun chronicles the occupations,
handicrafts, and traditions that defined rural life in upstate New
York and throughout much of America in the first half of the
nineteenth century. First published in 1953, it is an engaging and
affectionate account of how land was cleared, farms established,
and homes built; of how each family fed, clothed, and warmed
itself; and of the trades, crafts, and industries that augmented a
primarily agrarian economy. Illustrated with 45 delightful line
drawings that depict the activities and implements described by
Jared van Wagenen, Jr., The Golden Age of Homespun is an invaluable
record of how upstate New York farmers lived on and off the land in
the decades before the Civil War a vanished way of life that still
holds strong appeal in the American imagination."
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