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Made by hand, a crafts sampler, Carole Lexa Schaefer ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander - hardcover
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Summary
  • "Combing real historical artifacts with fictional stories, Carole Lexa Schaefer brings each fascinating object to life by imagining the hands that might have made it and those that might have used it." --Dust jacket
Table of contents
  • Welcome -- Terrestrial globe (1810) -- Candle box (c.1800) -- Pie crimper (c. 1850) -- Rocking horse (c1860) -- Child's sled (1800s) -- Butter churn (c1850-1875) -- Sampler (c1798) -- Bandolier bag (c. mid- to late 1800s) -- Scrimshaw box (c. 1832-1856) -- Valentine (c. 1840-1860) -- Dolls (c. 1840, 1840-1870s, 1950) -- Weather vane (c1890) -- Carrying case (1852) -- Author's note
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  • eng
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  • non fiction
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  • First edition.
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  • Included at the end of the book are photographs, descriptions, and provenance of the real artifacts
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  • 1 volume (unnumbered), color illustrations, 28 cm
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  • 9780763674335
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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Borrow it
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