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The American boys handy book : what to do and how to do it Cover Image Book

The American boys handy book : what to do and how to do it / by D.C. Beard ; foreword by Noel Perrin.

Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 (Author).

Summary:

An 1890 manual of pasttimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0879234490
  • ISBN: 9780879234492
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 441 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: Centenial edition.
  • Publisher: Boston : D.R. Godine, 1983.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1890.

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