Humphrey, Paul

In briefly captioned drawings and photographs, a father tells his son and daughter what things were like when he was young.

Provides glimpse of daily life and clothing in Northern Canada, Guatemala, Brazil, Gambia, Greece, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Australia.

Discussion of the methods of communication used before the telephone was invented, including drums, smoke signals, semaphore towers, carrier pigeons, the stage coach, the Pony Express, lanterns, Morse code, and the telegraph.

Text and illustrations describe the different tools and skills needed to build a castle.