| Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 Contributor(s): Sloane, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486436667 ISBN-13: 9780486436661 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." --" History in Review." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004056220 |
| Series: Dover Books on Americana |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.2" W x 10.9" (1.05 lbs) 108 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |