| Item Details | |
| Entry Number | 1275 |
| Author | VAN WAGENEN, JARED J., JR. |
| Title | The Golden Age of Homespun. |
| Publication | Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1953. 280 pp. Repr. 1963 by Hill and Wang, New York. First pub. as Agricultural Bulletin 203, N.Y. State Department of Agri-culture and Markets. Albany: 1927. 95 pp. |
| Subject(s) | : AGRICULTURE TO THE CIVIL WAR -- Modern Appraisals |
| Notes | (A fascinating account of pioneer farming practices and handicrafts by a man who heard rather than read about them. The author lived in Schoharie County, but the narrative fits any locality west of the Hudson. The 1927 ed. has illustrations of farm tools and implements.) |
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