by Walter Rose. Softbound, 146 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". First published in 1937, this classic is a fascinating look at a time before power tools and mass production furniture, when rural communities depended on the village carpenter to produce useful, functional and beautiful objects. The author was a master carpenter like his father and grandfather before him making everything from farm tools to windmills to coffins with nothing more than hand tools and old-fashioned craftsmanship. He provides a complete description of the working conditions and typical tasks of a nineteen century woodworker.