Description
Book SynopsisImaginatively conceived and elegantly executed, The Artisan of Ipswich gives readers a tangible understanding of that distant past.
Trade ReviewTarule's work is significant not just for what it reveals about woodworking and joining in seventeenth-century New England, but because he provides a cultural and intellectual history for those who worked with their hands as well as their minds. -- Martha I. Pallante Historian The Artisan of Ipswich gives readers a tangible understanding of that distant past. Antiques Journal Tarule both explains and celebrates the intelligence of physical work. -- Marie Morgan New England Quarterly Tarule weaves a fascinating narrative under the general heading of Americana... Of interest to diverse readers such as antique dealers, woodworkers, and American Colonial historians. -- Henry Berry Midwest Book Review
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
1. Ipswich
2. Oak: The Material of Choice
3. Thomas Dennis in the Woods
4. The Town at Work
5. Thomas Dennis in the Shop
Epilogue
Notes
Essay on Method and Sources
Index
