by Alex W. Bealer. Softbound, 224 pages, 6" x 9". The fascinating story of early American woodworking, as told by a master craftsman. The author enthusiastically describes and clearly illustrated a wide array of implements used by frontiersmen, among them various kinds of axes, saws, planes, hammers, and the adze. Such delicate tools as calipers, bevels, and lathes employed by the cabinet maker and furniture maker are characterized and portrayed as well. All are shown as they were actually used in colonial times and as they are still employed by many woodworkers today.