woodwork

Instructions for the collecting, cleaning, treating, and making of practical and decorative articles from weathered wood.

Presents the history of homebuilding as practiced by the colonists in pre-Revolutionary days.

Introduces the tools and techniques of woodworking and provides instructions for various projects.

Explains basic facts and tool uses for the beginning woodworker.

Discusses the importance of wood in colonial times, describing how trees were cut down and made into lumber and the training of apprentice carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, and wheelwrights.

When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.