Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Publication
Feral House (2003), 336 pages
Description
Wouldn't it be economical to make your own glue, paint, crayons, lipstick and deodorant? How about fireworks, dynamite and medicinal' opium wine? This fascinating book, reprinted from the 1930s, takes the reader back to a time when Americans had access to hard drugs; people were responsible enough to be given recipes for poisons, explosives and highly addictive substances; and making such items as soap, disinfectants and insecticides was commonplace. A useful tome, books such as this were seen in most homes as important as ice coolers and canning equipment.'
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
336 p.; 8.2 inches
ISBN
0922915954 / 9780922915958
Similar in this library
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book, Updated 9th Edition by Carla Emery
Pills-A-Go-Go: A Fiendish Investigation into Pill Marketing, Art, History & Consumption by Jim Hogshire
Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars and More Dynamite Devices by William Gurstelle