The colonial craftsman.
This book tells of the craftsmen in the years before the American Revolution. By 1776 such artisans as Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, William Savery, John Lamb, and Charles Willson Peale had demonstrated the growing maturity of American arts and crafts which often equaled, or surpass...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[©1961]
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| Edition: | [1st Phoenix ed.]. |
| Series: | Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ;
P80. |
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| Summary: | This book tells of the craftsmen in the years before the American Revolution. By 1776 such artisans as Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, William Savery, John Lamb, and Charles Willson Peale had demonstrated the growing maturity of American arts and crafts which often equaled, or surpassed, the work done in the Mother Country.[back cover]. |
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| Item Description: | 1964 reprint. |
| Physical Description: | x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 182-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226074366 9780226074368 |