ERIC SLOANE
Eric Sloane (1905-1985), the great American artist and preservationist of early American material culture, was a profound influence on me. As a lad I became fascinated with tools and their meaning (both practical and philosophical) to the men and women and children who used them, created them, adapted them, and respected them from the colonial days to the days of mass reproduction and imports. Reading Sloane and studying his illustrations made me forever interested in local history, small-scale and regional and personal. We carry anything of his that is in print, hardcover and paperback when we can get it, and I recommend it all highly.
Weather Almanac
Weather Almanac
Single-volume combination of "Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster" and "Folklore of American Weather" offers a fascinating source of forecasting tips based on wind, clouds, moon, and other natural phenomena. 135 nostalgic drawings.