Children of the Handcrafts—exciting stories about boys and girls who played a part in the development of the crafts in our country.

Lonely little Rebecca Lefferts, snowbound for three weeks in her new home in Ohio, stitched her star-and-crescent quilt. Her father thought quilt-making much more important than learning to read and write.

Thirteen-year old Daniel Moyer wanted to go West with one of the wagon-trains. But he stayed at home and met real adventure there.

Betsy Metcalf, with one shilling to spend, cried when she could not buy the beautiful imported straw bonnet which cost a whole pound. But, nothing daunted, she found a way.

Those, and many more, are the stories in Children of the Handcrafts—all of them true, but more entertaining than fiction.

For boys and girl from eight to twelve. 

From the dust jacket