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Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
D C Beard
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Description for Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
Paperback. Foreword, written by the author, dated April 1, 1914. Num Pages: 264 pages, colour illustrations, colour line drawings. BIC Classification: WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 355.
Here is the original 19th century manual that helped pioneering Americans homestead a continent—with detailed instructions on how to build birch bark or tar paper shacks, a sawed-lumber shanty, a sod house, log cabins and much more.
Whether you are a student of history, a screenwriter looking for authentic details or a modern homesteader looking for authentic advice on how to build the way our grandparents did, then D.C. Beard’s manual is just what you’re looking for. It includes information on:
Go back to basics with this classic of American ingenuity! Show Less
Here is the original 19th century manual that helped pioneering Americans homestead a continent—with detailed instructions on how to build birch bark or tar paper shacks, a sawed-lumber shanty, a sod house, log cabins and much more.
Whether you are a student of history, a screenwriter looking for authentic details or a modern homesteader looking for authentic advice on how to build the way our grandparents did, then D.C. Beard’s manual is just what you’re looking for. It includes information on:
- How to use an axe
- How to split logs
- How to flatten a log
- How to build a Navajo Hogan
- How to ... Read more
- How to build a notched ladder
- How to make cabin doors and door-latches.
- The American log cabin
- A Fisherman’s cabin
- And much, much more.
Go back to basics with this classic of American ingenuity! Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781616081348
SKU
V9781616081348
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About D C Beard
Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941) was an author, illustrator, and founder of two societies for boysthe Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905 and the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. He authored and illustrated more than twenty books, including The American Boys Handy Book.
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