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The American boys handy book : what to do and how to do it / Daniel Carter Beard ; foreword by Roy L. Williams, former chief executive, Boy Scouts of America.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1493036807
  • 9781493036806
Other title:
  • What to do and how to do it
Subject(s):
Contents:
SPRINT. Kite time ; War kites ; Novel modes of fishing ; Home-made fishing tackle ; How to stock, make, and keep a fresh-water aquarium ; How to keep aquatic plants in the house or flower-garden ; How to stock and keep a marine aquarium ; How to collect for marine aquarium -- SUMMER. Knots, bends, and hitches ; The water-telescope ; Dredge, tangle, and trawl fishing ; Home-made boats ; How to rig and sail small boats ; Novelties in soap-bubbles ; Fourth of July balloons, with new and novel attachments ; How to camp out without a tent ; Bird singers, etc. ; Bird nesting ; How to rear wild birds ; How to rear wild birds continued ; Home-made hunting apparatus, etc. ; How to make blow-guns, elder guns, etc. -- AUTUMN. Traps and trappings ; Dogs ; Practical taxidermy for boys ; Every boy a decorative artist -- WINTER. Snowball warfare ; Snow-houses and statuary ; Sleds, chair-sleighs, and snow-shoes ; How to make the Tom Thumb ice-boat and larger craft ; The winged skaters, and how to make the wings ; Winter fishing, spearing and snaring, fisherman's movable shanties, etc. -- In-door amusements -- The boy's own phunnygraph -- How to make puppets and a puppet-show -- Puss-in-boots dramatized and adapted for a puppet-show -- How to make a magic lantern, a kaleidoscope, a fortune-teller's box, etc. -- How to make the dancing fairies, the bather, and the orator -- How to make various and divers [sic] whirligigs -- The universe in a card-box -- Life instilled into paper puppets, and matches made of human fingers -- Home-made masquerade and theatrical costumes.
Summary: An 1890 manual of pastimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping.Summary: Offers a variety of sports, amusements, and games designed to appeal to boys.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 790.194 B368 Checked out 05/30/2024 33111008925683
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 790.194 B368 Available 33111009274818
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

Includes index.

An 1890 manual of pastimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping.

Offers a variety of sports, amusements, and games designed to appeal to boys.

SPRINT. Kite time ; War kites ; Novel modes of fishing ; Home-made fishing tackle ; How to stock, make, and keep a fresh-water aquarium ; How to keep aquatic plants in the house or flower-garden ; How to stock and keep a marine aquarium ; How to collect for marine aquarium -- SUMMER. Knots, bends, and hitches ; The water-telescope ; Dredge, tangle, and trawl fishing ; Home-made boats ; How to rig and sail small boats ; Novelties in soap-bubbles ; Fourth of July balloons, with new and novel attachments ; How to camp out without a tent ; Bird singers, etc. ; Bird nesting ; How to rear wild birds ; How to rear wild birds continued ; Home-made hunting apparatus, etc. ; How to make blow-guns, elder guns, etc. -- AUTUMN. Traps and trappings ; Dogs ; Practical taxidermy for boys ; Every boy a decorative artist -- WINTER. Snowball warfare ; Snow-houses and statuary ; Sleds, chair-sleighs, and snow-shoes ; How to make the Tom Thumb ice-boat and larger craft ; The winged skaters, and how to make the wings ; Winter fishing, spearing and snaring, fisherman's movable shanties, etc. -- In-door amusements -- The boy's own phunnygraph -- How to make puppets and a puppet-show -- Puss-in-boots dramatized and adapted for a puppet-show -- How to make a magic lantern, a kaleidoscope, a fortune-teller's box, etc. -- How to make the dancing fairies, the bather, and the orator -- How to make various and divers [sic] whirligigs -- The universe in a card-box -- Life instilled into paper puppets, and matches made of human fingers -- Home-made masquerade and theatrical costumes.

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