Women and girls, look for this guy! Guys, what can you make without electricity? With the rawest of materials, a minimum of technology, and a maximum of ingenuity, men and boys used to dedicate themselves to crafting wonderful items, both practical and fanciful. These were skills that revealed an important part of the measure of a man. By recalling them, this book honors those handy and remarkable fellows hard to find in our high-tech era but whom the Catholic Church wishes to return. Wasn’t Our Lord a Carpenter?
• make tools like T-squares and sawhorses • animal-proof gate latch • birdhouse made from an old hat • mission-style candlesticks • toys like a miniature fighting tank and paper warship • puzzles • card tricks • marksman aids • Chinese kite • gardening tips • bee feeder, portable fences, self-closing gate • axe handles and heads.
A book to inspire a working knowledge of the general sciences, a proficiency in outdoor skills, and an ability to craft projects in wood and metal. Fascinating and encouraging stuff.
272pp. Durable color flex-color. Hundreds of drawings, illustrations, diagrams. Indexed.
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This product was added to our catalog on Oct 3, 2008.
