| Diary of an Early American Boy, 1805 Contributor(s): Sloane, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486463044 ISBN-13: 9780486463049 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Hailed by "Library Journal" as "informative and nostalgic," this unique book was based on a diary discovered in an old farmhouse. Now available in a handsome hardcover edition, it combines the original text with an explanatory narrative and 72 wondrous drawings, offering remarkable glimpses of rural New England life from 200 years ago. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 8.76" W x 11.26" (1.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - New England - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, Noah Blake received a little leather-bound diary. This reprint of his actual journal offers modern readers a charming glimpse of a vanished era through the eyes of a nineteenth-century farm boy. Eric Sloane--a distinguished historian, author, and artist--has expanded Noah Blake's daily entries with a fascinating explanatory narrative and 72 delightful drawings. Hailed by Library Journal as "informative and nostalgic," this unique book features descriptions and drawings of such common chores as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring, along with the construction of an entire backwoods farm. The result is a remarkable window onto the customs and preoccupations of rural New England two centuries ago. |