May 18, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 2635

Post Type: Book

This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.

Artist or Author: Daniel Beard

Creation Year: 1890

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ISBN: 0-87923-449-0 Language: English Description: "THE HANDY BOOK was the perfect survival manual. It contained plans for 16 kinds of kites and hot-air balloons and fishing tackle. It told you how to make and stock an aquarium, to construct a water telescope and how to camp out without a tent. Or in a hut made from pine boughs. How to build 10 kinds of boats, including a flatboat with a covered cabin. Iceboats, too. One - person canoes. Bird calls. Squirt guns with astonishing range and authority."

441 pages

Geographic: United States

Materials: Paper

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