The Ax Book the Lore and Science of the Woodcutter

Cook, D.

ISBN 10: 0911469168 / ISBN 13: 9780911469165

Published by Alan C. Hood & Company, Chambersburg PA, 1999

About this Item

134 pages. "A guide to axmanship, wood and the hand tools of a woodsman." Originally published as Keeping Warm with an ax 1981. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire; 8 1/2 x 11 ".

Seller Inventory # 103114

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ax Book the Lore and Science of the Woodcutter
• Publisher: Alan C. Hood & Company, Chambersburg PA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0911469168
• ISBN 13: 9780911469165
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by S. Lawrence Whipple
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Craft

About this title

Synopsis

The Ax Book is a thorough guide to cutting wood with hand tools.The author explains how to use various types of axes, hatchets, mauls, saws and wedges to take down trees and prepare firewood. In addition he shows every aspect of dealing with wood from the forest right to the hearth or stove.

About the Author

D. Cook bought his first ax at age 14 from a Sears Roebuck catalog. He was educated at Boston University School of Business. During World War II he joined the Marine Corps and fought with distinction in the Pacific theater on both Guam and Okinawa. He lives in Waterboro, Maine.