Deckman,
Glad to see another Sloane reader! I remember a book on Tools, a book called "Our Vanishing Landscape", a book of Barns (and a coffee table book of the same name with colorplates of his paintings), and a book "The Diary...." about a boy in colonial America. I stll have 'em all if I went up in th attic to dig 'em out.

I got the first when I was 17 and just out of high school. I read the rest in rapid succession and then lived with them for a while -- inclucing painting reproductions of several of his paintings.

I really liked tha books -- they were visually appealing with his wonderful inllustrations and that terrific font/calligraphy throughout.

He instilled in me the value of process and material -- that how something was done mattered. He gave me an appreciation for how things had been done and I then began to care more about how I approached my own craftsmanship.

Wonderful books!