America and Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom, & Weather, 1639-1970 |
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... hand , either through purchase ( at $ 35.00 ) or from a library , interested readers of this book should be able to find their way to whichever almanacs they wish to see first - hand . Drake Almanacs of the United States Almanacs of the ...
... hand , either through purchase ( at $ 35.00 ) or from a library , interested readers of this book should be able to find their way to whichever almanacs they wish to see first - hand . Drake Almanacs of the United States Almanacs of the ...
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... hand calendar pages . Such a minor change as this evoked the following letter from a farmer of Nashua , New Hampshire . Dear Sir : I have read The Old Farmer's Almanac for the last seventy - five years and I wish the damned fool that ...
... hand calendar pages . Such a minor change as this evoked the following letter from a farmer of Nashua , New Hampshire . Dear Sir : I have read The Old Farmer's Almanac for the last seventy - five years and I wish the damned fool that ...
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... hand account Battle of Lexington . 7. Hutchins Almanacs , 1772-1815 . The New York side of the Almanac picture . 8. The New England Almanac and Farmer's Friend by Nathan Daboll . 1773 to present . Most popular almanac with the whaling ...
... hand account Battle of Lexington . 7. Hutchins Almanacs , 1772-1815 . The New York side of the Almanac picture . 8. The New England Almanac and Farmer's Friend by Nathan Daboll . 1773 to present . Most popular almanac with the whaling ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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