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The golden age of homespun /
"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 w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Fall Creek Books, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; I: The Homespun Age; II: The Setting of the Stage; III: The Pioneer Goes Forward; IV: The Clearing of the Land; V: The Glorious Ox Team; VI: The Log Home in the Clearing; VII: The Story of a Farm; VIII: What Crops Did the Pioneer Grow?; IX: The Crops of the Homespun Age; X: Meadows and Pastures in Bygone Days; XI: Living off the Wilderness; XII: The Wooden Age; XIII: Joiners and Cabinetmakers; XIV: The Old Millstream; XV: Shingle Shaving and Other Handicrafts in Wood; XVI: Wooden Age Occupations.
- XVII: The Sad Story of Silk Production and the Success Tanning of XVIII: Workers in Leather; XIX: Some Minor Crafts; XX: The Farm Implements of the Homespun Age; XXI: The Ways by Which Our Fathers Threshed; XXII: The Household Handicrafts; XXIII: The Golden Fleece; Postscript; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.