The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It (Nonpareil Book, 29)

The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It (Nonpareil Book, 29) | Daniel Carter Beard | Great for Scouts!

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	The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It (Nonpareil Book, 29) Daniel Carter Beard David R Godine, 1998 - 441 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Wonderful Book for Boys (and Girls)!

I had a copy of this as a kid and read and re-read it to the point that the cover was more tape than original material. A wonderful guide to doing things yourself, and a welcome antidote to today's passive consumer paradigm of childhood. A fair number of the materials called for are hard if not impossible to find today, but the spirit of adaptation and improvisation that imbues this book will inspire the reader to find substitutes. Some parents may suspect the fair number of projectile- launching devices described, but the book is infinitely less violent than most child-oriented television shows and never fails to stress safety. My friends and I learned a lot of practical mechanics and crafting skills, developed our hand-eye coordination, and never shot anything more fragile than a plastic figure. We did a heck of a lot more damage to each other and our environment playing soccer and broomstick polo. My own future children will unquestionably have a copy of _The American Boy's Handy Book_ when they're old enough.

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Great for Scouts!

I read this book for my own pleasure (as an adult) and refer to it for activities for my own sons (ages 3 and 7) and for my den of Wolf Cub Scouts (2nd graders). It's excellent and fun and useful!

An absolute must for any active & creative boy.

In 1949, I was given a 1890 hard bound addition of this book. Ican not begin to tell you how many of the projects in this book gaveme so much fun and a sense of achievement to complete.

To this day, I'll thumb through the pages and remember a time when life was a lot easier and childredn were allowed to be children.

Wonderful book for boys of any age.

Constantly in demand at our house, my sons have literally loved to pieces at least 2 copies. It has how-to's for handicrafts & woodsmanship,just about anything, except electronics. It's a fun browse through for anyone. The original author began collecting traditional activities at the turn of the century because he feared they would be lost.

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