The Tools That Built America
, by Bealer, Alex W.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780486437538 | 0486437531
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/18/2004
Fascinating story of early American woodworking, told by a master craftsman, enthusiastically describes and clearly illustrates a wide array of axes, saws, planes, hammers, and other implements used by frontiersmen. Delicate tools such as calipers, bevels, and lathes employed by cabinet- and furniture-makers are portrayed as well. Over 200 drawings and photographs.