{"product_id":"the-classic-period-of-american-toolmaking-1827-1930-9780976915362","title":"The Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1827-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1827-1930 considers the wide variety of toolmaking industries that arose after the colonial period and its robust tradition of edge toolmaking. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt discusses the origins of the florescence of American toolmaking not only in English and continental traditions, but also in the poorly documented and often unacknowledged work of New England ship smiths, blacksmiths, and toolmakers. This volume explicates the success of the innovative American factory system that was based on a rapidly expanding economy, the rich natural resources of North America, and continuous westward expansion until the late 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also includes a company-by-company synopsis of America's most important edge toolmakers working before 1900, an extensive bibliography of sources that deal with the Industrial Revolution in America, special topic bibliographies on a variety of trades, and a timeline of the most important developments in this toolmaking fluorescence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. G. Brack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pennywheel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976915362\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. G. \"Skip\" Brack is the founder and curator of the Davistown Museum and proprietor of and buyer for the Jonesport Wood Company, which deals in antique and used tools and includes the famed Liberty Tool Company in Liberty, Maine. Artifacts and information that Brack encountered on his tool-buying expeditions in the attics, cellars and workshops of coastal New England piqued his curiosity, raising questions about its early inhabitants and the tools they used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he discovered that the information he sought to answer his questions was sketchy, inaccurate, or undocumented, Brack sought and scoured primary and secondary sources on the history of early coastal New England, focusing on the origins and composition of tools used by early New Englanders and New England First Nation communities. His publications include the Davistown Museum six-volume Hand Tools in History series, Norumbega Reconsidered: Mawooshen and the Wawenoc Diaspora, and much of the text on the information-rich museum website \"davistownmuseum\" Brack holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and an M.A. from the University of Colorado. His knowledge of early tools and Maine\/New England maritime history makes him a sought-after lecturer and consultant. Brack, the museum, and his tool stores have been featured in Yankee, Downeast, and Bangor Metro magazines, the Boston Globe, an Associated Press article that appeared worldwide, Maine Public Broadcasting Network's Maine Experience, and the Martha Stewart television show. He lives and works in Bar Harbor and Liberty, Maine, with his wife, Judith Bradshaw Brown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennywheel Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40430346371187,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cf5c413a-9e2e-49a4-9329-865d71273d8c.jpg?v=1662817277","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-classic-period-of-american-toolmaking-1827-1930-9780976915362","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}