This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Charmingly illustrated with author Eric Sloane's own sketches, the text illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood....

Refreshingly written, delightfully illustrated book remarks expansively on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this valuable commodity - from the crafting of furniture, tools, and buildings to the use of such by-products as charcoal and medicine. "One of Sloane's best books." -Lib...

Paperback 1974 110 p. 8.00x5.25x0.50 BOOK ABOUT KNOWLEDGE THAT WOOD CAN BE WARM THE SOUL AS WELL AS THE BODY. SPECIAL COLOR PLATES OF AMERICAN WOODS.