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The cracker barrel /

A collection of articles which originally appeared in the author's newspaper column, It makes you think.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sloane, Eric (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Funk & Wagnalls, [1967]
Subjects:
United States > Civilization.
U. S.-Civilization-Addresses and essays.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
Civilization.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Making "hex" designs
  • The well hook of yesterday
  • The full measure
  • Wheelbarrow
  • The American necktie
  • Small-size Americana
  • Candy hammer and scissor
  • Slow but sure
  • Time is long and art is fleeting
  • You can spot the old ones a mile away
  • Art is how you look at it
  • Plan for Ye Olde Barn
  • The Blue Streak and the Red Flash
  • Man and wife
  • Oops!
  • First prize
  • Solution at end
  • The gentle art of sliding
  • The King's mark and the white pine
  • The old almanacs
  • Bells are for ringing!
  • The trials of art
  • Capitalism
  • Witchcraft : twentieth century
  • Billions
  • When the sands of time ran three times faster
  • The dear old past
  • The Great Bathtub Hoax
  • Skeins and gaggles
  • A gazebo and a penthouse
  • American good luck!
  • Hear ye!
  • Mr. Terwilliger
  • Signs of the times
  • Dutch ovens and Franklin stoves
  • It seems like only yesterday
  • E. Sloane signs
  • The painter's delight
  • The American premium
  • The Germans liked any color
  • as long as it was red
  • The Nutmeg Flag
  • The column that put me in the dog house
  • Sign of the handyman
  • The target
  • The first paper bag
  • John Fuzz was
  • When a church looked like a church
  • The heritage of age
  • A box full of memories
  • A Franklin stone
  • Simple tools
  • Apple butter
  • The good old days.