Just wanted to plop down a few pages from Eric Sloane’s books to give some idea of what he was about. He wrote and illustrated books on rural buildings, woodworking, infrastructure such as bridges and roads, landscapes, and farm life in early colonial New England, as well as the weather and seasons. He even wrote a book just about bells. I’m not aware of anyone else like him regardless of era or region.
Click to enlarge
The pages are from the books Our Vanishing Landscape, Seasons of America Past, American Barns and Covered Bridges, A Reverence for Wood, Folklore of American Weather, and A Celebration of Bells.
