Eric Sloane
Paperback | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 4.21 | 680 Users | 78 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Diary of an Early American Boy |
| ISBN: | 0345321006 (ISBN13: 9780345321008) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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THIS BOOK GOT ME MARRIED! I KID YOU NOT!!! When i met my husband, he read only tech manuals, never anything for personal enjoyment/pleasure. I started to introduce him to art, ethnic foods, and real books--fun reads. One day in a bookstore, on a hunt for new finds, he stumbled upon this book--this edition in leather though. He bought it because it was about a boy from another century, and how he kept an illustrated journal about how he and his father built stuff. I mean barns, bridges, and the like. Well, there was also a love story recorded in the journal too, of how the boy courted and proposed to his love and how she responded with a bible verse. This moved my husband to tears. in that moment he realized the beauty of the story and knew a year ago he would not had appreciated the same , if it had not been for me being in his life. So he rushed to me crying, and asked me to marry me---i will not tell what he was wearing at the time though!?! I did say yes, on the condition he ask my father for my hand, though i was 38. It was how things are done in my family. Father was excited, but gave him a had time for awhile.The book is a great read, and the drawings are wonderful. this is a great book for a cub scout and wood worker. Also anyone who likes to reads journals from another era.
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| Title | : | Diary of an Early American Boy |
| Author | : | Eric Sloane |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | January 12th 1975 by Ballantine Books (first published March 28th 1958) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. American. Americana. Biography |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 680 Users | 78 ReviewsCritique About Books Diary of an Early American Boy
I just read my 1962 version of this book. It came into my hands as we went through boxes my brother had of my dad's things. It is derived from the real diary of a 15-year-old frontier lad named Noah. The book not only shares diary entries but also expands and clarifies, adding drawings of the farmstead and tools of the times. It brought back memories of reading this many years ago. The note on the book says Dad read this book to my brother when he was growing up. The story was intriguing and theSloane found the diary of Noah Blake, a boy who wrote it when he was 15 years old in 1805. The actual journal entries are brief, but Sloane discusses what they mean in a very readable format that fleshes out the life of this farm boy, his family, friends & the area in an amazingly thorough way given how short the book is. Even better, Sloane's amazing ink sketches convey thousands of words each starting with a map of the farm over a decade or so. Any place an image might speak better than
Diary of an Early American Boy contains the text of fifteen year-old farm boy Noah Blake's 1805 diary, which he received on his birthday in March, and ends on Christmas Eve of the same year. Author Eric Sloane explained the more obscure historical and scientific references, aided greatly by his pen-and-ink drawings and diagrams, while constructing a fuller story around the simple daily entries. I learned quite a bit, but I'll give it to you straight - my favorite parts of the journal were when
Our family thoroughly enjoyed this book. Learning about the tools used in farming and how homes were made in the early 1800s peaked my sons interest. He is 9 and loves all things engineering. A few favorites: the dirt floor in a home - the mother drawing in the dirt after sweeping and pounding it to make it look pretty. How sleds were used year round. How fences were built. All the different tools for hand usHow a mill was built. Corn mazesFurnitureCider presses So informative
I've got to restrain myself or I might get poetic. A simple little book, and yet full to the brim with charm, history, wonderful little facts, and beautiful drawings and diagrams. It's "Little House on the Prairie" stuff, only something all to itself. I recommend for anyone who is interested in how things were done in the old days.[image error]
Phenomenal. I read this to my 4th grade daughter, maybe 5-8 pages per day, and we both loved it. Sloane is a master both of Americana-style line drawing and of succinct, crystal-clear explanations. The reader not only gains a strong sense of early American rural life but also benefits from a virtual primer of basic mechanical concepts. We were truly sad to see this one end. A must-read for fans of Little House, woodcraft in general, and those quirky Alone in the Wilderness videos popularized by
I enjoy all Eric Sloane's books, but this one was unique, in that the basis of the book is a diary written by a 15 year boy/young man in 1805. The diary entries are brief, but Eric elaborates on them, including pen and ink drawings, to provide interpretation as to what the young man was really doing. An excellent, and easy read.
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