The Golden Age of Homespun / / Jared Van Wagenen.
"You have seen neglected oxbows, but what do you know of their making or of the training of a yoke of oxen?. What do you know of the rambling shoemakers who came to a farmhouse and stayed until each member of the family was newly shod with leather from the farm's cattle? Have you ever wond...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I. The Homespun Age
- II. The Setting of the Stage
- III. The Pioneer Goes Forward
- IV. The Clearing of the Land
- V. The Glorious Ox Team
- VI. The Log Home in the Clearing
- VII. The Story of a Farm
- VIII. What Crops Did the Pioneer Grow?
- IX. The Crops of the Homespun Age
- X. Meadows and Pastures in Bygone Days
- XI. Living off the Wilderness
- XII. The Wooden Age
- XIII. Joiners and Cabinetmakers
- XIV. The Old Millstream
- XV. Shingle Shaving and Other Handicrafts in Wood
- XVI. Wooden Age Occupations
- XVII. The Sad Story of Silk Production and the Success of Tanning
- XVIII. Workers in Leather
- XIX. Some Minor Crafts
- XX. The Farm Implements of the Homespun Age
- XXI. The Ways by Which Our Fathers Threshed
- XXII. The Household Handicrafts
- XXIII. The Golden Fleece
- Postscript
- Index