Construction & Building Trades - Carpentry & Roofing, Materials Science - General & Miscellaneous, Home Carpentry, Woodworking - General & Miscellaneous, Construction & Building Trades - Methods & Materials, Home Woodworking
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Overview
The special knowledge of which wood is suited to which task, the ready identification of native trees, the reverence for wood, the instinctive knowledge that wood can warm the soul as well as the body — these virtues of a bygone age are revived in Eric Sloane's remarkable work. Heavily illustrated, with a section on identification of nearly sixty native trees, A REVERENCE FOR WOOD provides an illuminating view of the resource that made possible so much of the early settlement of North America.Details the experience of restoring a barn and includes anecdotes and lore on every aspect of wood.
Book Details
Published
March 1, 1990
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pages
112
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805012934