THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK: What To Do and How to Do It
BEARD, Daniel C. , Forward By Noel Perrin
Language: English
Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., Lincoln, MA, 1995
- Softcover
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Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.Falls Bookstore
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Paperback cover with blue background on two sides, red, black and blue print and multiple images from original book. Spine has white, red and blue print. Centennial Edition. Foreword by Noel Perrin. Contents are reprint of original 1890 book. 441 pages including index. Tight sound and unmarked. Would be graded higher but does have some spine creases. No dust jacket. Companion book to "The American Girls Handy Book", our #2823.
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- Title
- THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK: What To Do and How to Do It
- Author
- BEARD, Daniel C. , Forward By Noel Perrin
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., Lincoln, MA
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0879234490
- ISBN 13
- 9780879234492
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with Drawings
- Edition
- Eighteenth Printing
- Dimensions
- 5 1/2 X 7 3/4
- Seller catalogs
- Arts and Crafts, Camping And Outdoor Skills, Sports or Recreation
Camp, explore, hike, discover, learn woodcraft―get outdoors and be at home in nature all through the year!
There’s so much to do and discover with this truly Handy Book as a guide. Written for children in 1882, and valuable for kids or adults today, the author suggests projects, crafts, plans, games, and schemes for camping trips, hikes, or the backyard.
It contains plans for 16 kinds of kites and hot-air balloons and fishing tackle, how to make and stock an aquarium, to construct a water telescope and how to camp out without a tent. Or in a hut made from pine boughs. How to build 10 kinds of boats, including a flatboat with a covered cabin. Iceboats, too. Squirt guns with astonishing range and authority. One-person canoes. Bird calls. Learn to teach a dog to retrieve. And much more.
Daniel Carter Beard was a founder of the scouting movement in America and wanted kids to enjoy the out-of-doors as much as he did. In his books, Beard helped preserve invaluable folkways that can instill self-reliance and a deeper appreciation of nature―all while having a world of fun. This is truly a book for all ages―including adults.
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About the Author
Daniel Carter Beard was a pioneer of the scouting movement in America and his great passion was making boys and girls feel at home in nature, to allow them to experience its wonders while fostering their sense of self-sufficiency and independence. Among his books are The American Boy’s Handy Book (1882), The Field and Forest Handy Book (1906), and The Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft (1920). His two sisters, Lina and Adelia Beard, were also active in scouting (as well as the women’s rights movement) and helped create the Campfire Girls. The two wrote The American Girl’s Handy Book (1893).
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Falls Bookstore
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