Metalworking Trades in Early America
By Henry J. Kauffman

This reprint
of Kauffman’s Early American Ironware is a fascinating and informative
survey of the metalworking trades in early America. Each is covered
with its own separate chapter: the blacksmith, whitesmith, edgetool
maker, cutler, locksmith, wheelwright, gunsmith, nailer, and tinsmith.
Introductory chapters describe and explain the blast furnace, forge,
and iron foundry, processes that provided the raw material for the
early metal trades. Quoting extensively from contemporary sources,
Mr. Kauffman describes not only what was made, but also how it was
made. Enhancing the text are more than 200 illustrations, many never
before available. Here is the complete story told in straightforward
words by an authority who has spent a lifetime working in, teaching,
and writing about the early American metalworking trades. A valuable
resource for the collector, practitioner, student, or anyone interested
in Americana.
168 pages.
8-1/2 x 11. 210 illustrations. Soft cover. Was $22.95, Now $19.95.
(1995)
ISBN 1879335581