Kitecraft
Unknown
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Description
Charles Miller, a manual training supervisor in Los Angeles, wrote this handbook of kite making for the Manual Arts Press at Peoria, copyrighted in 1914. Los Angeles schools had worked his plans for years, ending each season with a great kite tournament. The introduction argues for life like schooling.
Old schools, Miller says, were half monastery and half factory, and children knew it. Kite season brought the shop and the classroom together, and reached boys no other lesson could reach. The whole community took an interest. Plans for making and flying kites fill the book, with the tournament as its crown. A motto verse rides the title page: the north wind is my prancing steed, the bridle is my kite. The book is a manual with a philosophy tucked inside.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 177 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |