About this title: This book takes readers on a leisurely journey through a bygone era with fascinating accounts of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes, waterwheels and icehouses, colorful road signs and their painters, circus folk, and more. Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful narrative remains a milestone of Americana. 81 black ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S. A
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780345332165ISBN:0345332164
Description: Good. 8vo. Wear to edges. Fade to spine. Light spotting. Slight damp affect. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1974
Description: Good + Good + trade paperback. May be some rubbing and minor shelfwear to edges and corners of book but overall a nice clean tight copy. read more
Description: Eric Sloane. Very Good/Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" 0308700473 Ex-Library with Usual Markings 107 pages. Endpapers have tape residue. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780345242938ISBN:0345242939
Description: Good. Minor tanning to spine; Covers mildly tanned around spine; Corners lightly bumped; Light shelf wear; Mild rubbing and wear to covers and spine; Previous owner's name written on inside front cover; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"By no means a definitive reference, it is a good overview into changes & what remained (in the early 1970's) from the Colonial times in America, mostly the northeast & midwest. Sloane's sketches bring to life a lot of old scenes & his knowledge of the subject is shared quickly. It's a joy to read & glance at on occasion."
"I couldn't put this down...it is a fascinating history of early America and how people really lived...this is what should be taught in schools, not dates and names and who went and did what where and when. This is real life...especially enlightening was the importance of wood, its characteristics and how people really lived IN nature and were nourished by it. We have come forward and gone backwards in what is now important in life. I am now reading "America" which includes this smaller book. Especially interesting to me, since I grew up in NH, was that snow was not plowed but packed down because farmers could move much heavier loads on sleds in the winter to market. I know I will reread this book in the future and have recommended it already to people I have met."
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