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ISBN: 0486436667

ISBN13: 9780486436661

Diary of an Early American Boy

Name: Not really a diary
Item: Diary of an Early American Boy
Rating: 5
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By Eric Sloane

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Book Overview

For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, young Noah Blake's parents gave him a little leatherbound diary in which he recorded the various activities on his father's farm. This reprint of an actual early nineteenth-century book provides today's readers with a delightful rarity -- a view of bygone days through the eyes of a young boy. Eric Sloane has taken the notebook with its brief comments and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and 72 of his own remarkable drawings.
Verbal and graphic sketches detail the construction of an entire backwoods farm as well as such common tasks as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring. The result is "an extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . that] will delight readers of all ages." -- History in Review.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0486436667

ISBN13:9780486436661

Release Date:December 2004

Publisher:Dover Publications

Length:108 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 8.2" x 10.9"

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Rated 5 stars
Not really a diary

By Thriftbooks.com User, March 21, 2007

Like the previous reviewer, this book was not what I was expecting. Thinking that most teenage boys hundreds of years ago are just like teenage boys today, I was very surprised to find a published diary of a kid who was willing to write down his thoughts on life. With many entries consisting entirely of one or two words like "Plowed today." and "Do." (ditto), this book does little to offer the reader insight into the thoughts...

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Rated 5 stars
This Book Should Be In Classrooms

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 9, 2006

What a unique and interesting concept: take a diary of a 15 year old boy and write a virtual living history book around it! That takes quite a bit of writing talent, knowledge of the time period, and, for the detailed sketches, an artistic talent. And, thankfully for all of us, Mr. Sloane had it all, as he is the one with all of the above said talent to put such a piece together. Interspersing the original 1805 writings of...

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Rated 5 stars
I'd give it six stars if I could!

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 29, 2000

I read this book as a young adult. It was like turning back the clock one hundred and fifty years, but unlike a lot of history books, it has no political, social or moral agenda. Indeed, it paints a luminous picture of rural life, while giving more useful information in the text of the diary and in the annotated pen-and-ink illustrations than most "country living" manuals. Check out Eric Sloane's barn books as well -...

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