Diary of an Early American Boy : Noah Blake 1805 (Paperback)

from klburnside

This book based on an old diary of a young boy from the early 1800s. The author includes actual excerpts from the boy's diary, along with his own ideas and explanations of the boy's daily life. At the beginning of the book, the boy and his family had just moved to a new homestead, and throughout ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

My dad turned me onto Sloane. I love satisfying my craving to learn something that I'll never use, and would never learn in school, but which is still interesting. It's especially interesting because Sloane's own passion shines in his writing.

from willszal

Sloane wrote this book in 1962 as an annotated, illustrated, and expanded upon version of the journal of Noah Blake from 1805, whom was fifteen at the time. Noah lived in a small New England town, although the book does not specify exactly where (a striking oversight). The book inspires a sense o...

from VhartPowers

The author found a young man's journal from 1805. It's about daily life and quite a lot to learn. The author gives information regarding some of the more obscure items that perhaps only serious antique collectors would know what they are or perhaps farmers. We learned about the plumbing of a door...

from MereYom

This is a boy's book. Noah Blake helps his father transform their farm from a rustic niche carved out of the woods (1790) into a complex of buildings, machines, and tools which change the face of the countryside (1805). The author provides detailed drawings of the handcrafts and methods used in t...