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by Jim Webb. Softbound, 205 pages, 8" x 11". Each page has one or more drawings of original items supported by limited text to give an interesting and informative look at the small items related to muzzleloading guns of the frontier era.

by Charles E. Hanson III. Softbound, 48 pages, 11" x 8-1/2". Drawings of the Northwest Trade Gun by Leman, Sutherland and others. Illustrations of various guns from muzzle to butt featuring detailed drawings of hardware and stock.

by Charles E. Hanson III. Softbound, 48 pages, 11" x 8". Trade rifles were basic, serviceable rifles made to standard patterns to reduce cost. Widely used by the common man of both white and Indian culture. This text contains many drawings of original rifles including stock cross sections, details of locks and hardware and more.

by Damin & Barbara deFolo. Softbound, 16 pages, 5" x 8". A brief guide to help you fill in the blanks on your first person impression.

by Mark R. Tully.  Softbound, 48 pages, 8-1/2" x 11".  More than just another "sketchbook", The Packet contains completely documented, illustrated and footnoted articles full of great information for the re-enactor and 18th century enthusiast.Articles include: military rations, camp kettles, camp cooking, tent pins, penny knives, shot pouches & bullet bags, and more.

by Mark R. Tully.  Softbound, 48 pages, 8-1/2" x 11".  The second of this series, this volume contains NEW articles full of great information and simple projects for the re-enactor and 18th century history scholar.  Articles include:  eating utensils, health & hygiene, knit caps, soap, crime & punishment and much more.

by Mark Tully. Softbound, 46 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Being yet another collection of patterns, articles and essays of particular interest to the 18th century re-enactor. This books offers information on a few basic clothing items, most notably an overview onmilitary dress of the 18th century. Includes military dress, watchcoats and cloaks, the forage cap, bayonet belts, mittens, knapsacks and more.

by Mark Tully. Softbound, 46 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". The last of the Packet series, this book offers a view of life in the military camp. Articles include camp diversions, camp music, laundry, sticks, cidgels & canes, pothooks and more. Also includes articles on the British and French money of the time.

by Mark R. Tully. Softcover, 46 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". The latest in the series, this book covers such topics as life expectancy and duration of life, the Royal Arms, a canoe paddle, the kitchen garden, buttons, fire starting and lanterns, indentured servants and more. An informative and entertaining look at life during the American Revolution.

by Brenton C. Kemmer and Karen L. Kemmer.  Softbound, 149 pages, 5" x 8".  This handy guide discusses the hobby of living history, how to research period correct clothing, encampments, food, etc.  The authors also explain what costs you can expect, deciding whether to join a regiment or go it alone, as well as the unwritten rules of reenacting.  The book is rounded out with an appendix listing helpful websites, books, magazines,  a list of sutlers/merchants, living history organizations, and  historical sites. 

by Cathy Johnson. Softbound, 60 pages, 5" x 7". This little book offers the re-enactor or living history interpreter, whether a beginner or an old hand, page after page of inspiration as to the reasons for developing a persona, as well as the toolsneeded for discovering sources for documentation, ideas for demonstrations, high quality resources for clothing, accoutrements, books and other necessities.

by Annie Cole Cadie.  Softbound, 6” x 8”.  In this unique volume, one syllable words tell the history of the struggles and triumphs of what is now the state of Ohio, from her birth through the year 1888, when this book was originally published.  Richly illustrated, all words are divided into syllables, to make for easy reading and pronunciation by the little people for whom it was written.

Hardbound, 128 pages, 10-1/2" x 9". Eric Sloane's evocative oils of America's landscape and material cuture shimmer with immense historical and nostalgic appeal. This original hardcover collection gathers nearly one hundred of his finest paintings, with subjects ranging from New England to the American Southwest. Selected by Michael Wigley, whose Gallery in Santa Fe is a primary venue for Sloane's artwork. Includes a foreword by Mimi Sloane.

by Eric Sloane. Hardbound, 128 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". This reprint of an actual early 19th century diary provides today's readers with a delightful rarity. The author has taken a fifteen-year-old farm boy's brief, concise notebook and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and his own remarkable drawings, preserving the simplicity and charm of a bygone era. A fascinating guide to past life and customs in rural New England.

by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 128 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". This reprint of an actual early 19th century diary provides today's readers with a delightful rarity. The author has taken a fifteen-year-old farm boy's brief, concise notebook and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and his own remarkable drawings, preserving the simplicity and charm of a bygone era. A fascinating guide to past life and customs in rural New England.

by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 110 pages, 5" x 8". An illuminating view of the resource that made possible much of the early settlement of North America. Filled with Sloane's pen and ink drawings, this book ranges over the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, carpentry, tree identification and more.

by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 64 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Restored to print for a new generation, this book recalls and celebrates our nation's noble optimism, self-sufficiency, and the vanished joys of our pioneer past. Sloane pays tribute to the American spirit in text and the dozens of charming drawings of early American artifacts that grace nearly every page of this nostalgic classic.

by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 112 pages, 8-/2" x 11". Written with humor and zest and enhanced with the author's charming, historically accurate drawings, this book takes readers on a leisurely journey through a by-gone era, along tree-shaded, winding roads that lead to sturdily built farmhouses and fields set off by rustic fences and walls. Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful narrative remains a genuine and permanent contribution to the field of Americana.

by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 123 pages, 6-1/2" x 9-1/4". A compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes vitalized by the author's own pen, this book captures the living legacy of America as seen in "the things that were". Exploring our national attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations such as the barber-surgeon, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men and a great variety of artisans, illustrating the activities, customs, and things created by the people who made their living in antique ways.

BY Eric Sloane.  Hardbound, 128 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Pen and ink sketches with illuminating text covering early tools and the artifacts our forefathers made with them.  Included are building tools and methods, farm and kitchen implements, the tools offarriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, sawyers, loggers, tanners and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age.