This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and expressively written, the text covers bulding tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; and the tools of curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, loggers, tanners, and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Scores of pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict "special tools for every job," among them a hollowing gouge, hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, boring auger, mortising...
This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. In...
When this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bridge would soon give way to progress and be replaced by "modern" elements. Today, a number of these sturdy, beautifully proportioned barns and bridges are still standing monuments to the skill and keen eye of their original builders. This lovingly written book, accompanied by more than 75 of the author's own sketches, provides a reliable record of those vanishing forms of architecture. Accurate line drawings depict a variety of barns, such as...
When this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bri...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Kentucky.
She'd made such a fool of herself. "You didn't actually think you wer the only girl Barrett was seeing, did you?" Marshall jeered. "He's just been seeing you because he felt some...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Maryland.
Valerie Wentworth knows only too well that the most beautiful memories can also be bittersweet. She has to go home to Maryland for her grandfather's funeral even though it means...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in New York.
As the daughter of the tycoon Reuben Gentry, Samantha's experience with men has been disillusioning. But she goes willingly to Chris Andrews's home on an island on the St....
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in South Dakota.
Now she could make her dreams come true. Edie Gibbs stared at the check in her hand. She'd never imagined that the inventions Joe worked on during their eighteen years of...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Alabama. Shy and sweet, Laurie Evans looks a lot like her glamorous and impulsive cousin LaRaine . . . but their personalities are as different as night and day. And, now that LaRaine just landed her...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Connecticut. Zane Wilding is a man with a heart of marble. And, until the day of her job interview, Deborah hadn't believed anyone could be as cold and hard as Zane Wilding. Now he is her boss; the...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in California. His proposition was tempting...."Let me help you, Alisa." Zachary's voice was a soft, caressing whisper that was oddly soothing and hypnotic. "You've taken the world on your shoulders by...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Minnesota.
Tension grew between them, angering Alanna. "Hate me if you want/" The grooves near Rolt's mouth deepened sardonically. "But you will be mine- in every way " Alanna gasped with...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of roma...