Museum of early american tools (Dover Publications Inc.)

Absorbing book describes, in detail, farm tools and kitchen implements and how they were made. Includes devices used aby curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, loggers, tanners, coachmakers, and other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. An informal, expressively written book for cultural historians, woodcrafters, and Americana enthusiasts. 184 black-and-white illustrations.