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100 1 _aAnonymous
245 1 4 _aThe boy's book of trades and the tools used in them
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-01-19
508 _aBrian Coe, Thiers Halliwell, who created the book cover, which is placed in the public domain and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Boy's Book of Trades and the Tools Used in Them" by Anonymous is an instructional work written in the mid-19th century. This comprehensive guide explores various trades, detailing the tools and processes involved in each profession, providing readers—especially young boys—valuable insights into the vocational paths available during that era. Each chapter is poised to illuminate a different trade, from brickmaking to carpentry, thereby highlighting the importance and dignity of skilled labor. The opening of the book lays the foundation for its theme by emphasizing the significance of choosing a trade, suggesting that happiness is largely dependent on work and the manner in which it is performed. The introduction further mentions the perils of idleness and aims to inspire young readers to engage in meaningful labor. Following this, the first trade discussed is that of brickmaking. It provides a historical overview of brickmaking, dating back to ancient civilizations, and describes the process and tools involved in creating bricks, setting a practical tone for the instructional content that will follow on various other trades. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: George Routledge & Sons, 1866
653 _aIndustrial arts -- Juvenile literature
653 _aVocational guidance -- Juvenile literature
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.1758057_001&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69841
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