Early American Trades Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486238466 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Educational coloring fun!" according to J. Arena. What did people do for a living in George Washington's time?Learning about the life in the American Colonies is made much more lively with some insight into the everyday lives of ordinary people. Sure, they wore those funny wigs, but, how did they make them? If you need a new gown or a hat, or your horse needs new shoes, who do you see?Early American Trades Coloring Book is a lively source of fun and insight into how people earned a living back then and what kinds of tools they used to produce the goods that everyone needed. It's a super educational tool that hel. Early American Trades Joanne P. Mccluskey A wonderful coloring book with detail about Early AmericanTrades useful for students studying colonial times.. Rebecca J. Welch said Five Stars. What a pleasure to read and color.
A caption provides basic information on the craft.. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen.Wigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade — such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. Early American craftsmen made a vital contribution to the development of this country, and they are still a very important part of our heritage