Bibliograph

The American boy's handy book, what to do and how to do it, Daniel Carter Beard ; foreword by Roy L. Williams

Type

Label

The American boy's handy book, what to do and how to do it, Daniel Carter Beard ; foreword by Roy L. Williams

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The American boy's handy book

Oclc number

1028906156

Responsibility statement

Daniel Carter Beard ; foreword by Roy L. Williams

Sub title

what to do and how to do it

Summary

"Each summer, millions of children complain, 'There's nothing to do.' Originally published in 1888, [this book] resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing numerous 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-yourselfer."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

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 -- 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. -- Traps and trappings -- Dogs -- Practical taxidermy for boys -- Every boy a decorative artist -- 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 divers and whirligigs -- The universe in a card-box -- Life instilled into paper puppets, and matches made of human fingers -- Home-made masquerade and theatrical costumes

Target audience

juvenile

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Contributor