Description: Wool by Peggy Hart Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Keeping people warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. This book tells wools colorful and surprisingly epic tale and how it has impacted millions of lives from immigrants, slaves, Native Americans, to farmers and advertisers. Author Hart reveals little-known but fascinating facts about US societyfor example, how huge flocks of sheep were driven to the California gold fields to feed hungry miners, and why sheep grazed on the White House lawn during World War I. Moving from the realms of handcrafted artisanry to industrialization and back, Wool is a story of technological and social change, marketing forces, and above all, consumer choices. A must-read for anyone who has knitted socks, woven a tapestry, or curled up with a warm wool blanket. Author Biography Peggy Hart is a teacher and production weaver. She designs, produces, and markets hundreds of blankets each year, including custom blankets for sheep and alpaca farmers using their own yarn. She weaves on totally obsolete Crompton and Knowles W-3 industrial looms. Details ISBN 0764354310 ISBN-13 9780764354311 Title Wool Author Peggy Hart Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 176 Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd GE_Item_ID:136560608; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
Price: 21.49 USD
Location: Fairfield, Ohio
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
ISBN-13: 9780764354311
Type: NA
Publication Name: NA
Book Title: Wool : Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: Textiles & Polymers, Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Fiber Arts & Textiles
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Crafts & Hobbies
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Peggy Hart
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
