Eric Sloane was an interesting fellow! His best known books are on the subject of early American tools, barns and daily life. He was a part of the aviation community in the 1930's and wrote a nice easy-to-read book on the weather and weather systems. As an artist he found his niche in paintings of old barns and landscapes. This lead to his studying the subjects of his work and that led to his writing and illustrating several
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