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The American Fireplace: Chimneys, Mantelpieces, Fireplaces, & Accessories, by Henry J. Kauffman, 1979, 1996, published by Masthof Publications, Morgantown, Penn, 1996. 8½ x 11 paperback, 352 pages. ISBN 1-88329435-7 Please note this book is new, not used. Kaufman gives us another wonderful pictorial essay, this time on fireplaces from the 17th century through the 20th century. He thoroughly covers iron fireplaces, chimney doctors, chimney sweeps, andirons, accessories, and even fireplace cookery, with recipes to use in a fireplace. Hundreds of beautiful black and white photos and drawings show how fireplaces were designed and built, and how an intimate and cozy family area was centered around the hearth. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction, by Joe Kindig II Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Iron Fireplaces Chimney Doctors Chimney Sweeps Andirons Accessories Fireplace Cookery, by Leland Rickard Meyer Bibliography Index Henry J. Kauffman was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1908; graduated from Millersville State Teachers College (now Millersville University) in 1932; and taught industrial arts in high schools in Connecticut and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In 1937, Kauffman earned a M.A. from the Pennsylvania State University. For thirty-one years, he taught metalworking including blacksmithing and silversmithing in the Industrial Arts Department at Millersville University becoming the only teacher without a doctorate to earn a full professorship. Professor Kauffman's knowledge of antiques, hardware, and guns soon made him the authority on the Pennsylvania German material culture including its architecture. His museum-quality works in copper, brass, iron, pewter, and silver attest to his great skill as an artist and artisan, and can be seen at the Rock Ford Kauffman Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Yale University's permanent silver collection. The author of more than 300 articles in scholarly journals and historical publications on antiques, folk art, and architecture, Kauffman continued authoring books including: Early American Copper, Tin, and Brass (1950), Early American Gunsmiths, 1650 to 1850 (1952, reprinted 1965), The Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle (1960, reprinted 1965), American Ironware, Wrought and Cast (1966, reprinted 1978), The Colonial Silversmith (1969), The American Pewterer (1970), American Axes (1972, reprinted 1994), American Fireplaces, Chimneys and Mantles (1972), American Andirons and Other Fireplace Tools (1974), The American Farmhouse (1976), Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art (1964, reprinted 1993), and Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 1700-1900 (1992). Description copyrighted 2007. PLEASE READ ABOUT PAYMENT, SHIPPING AND HOW TO CONTACT US, BELOW! TERMS OF PAYMENT. We accept PayPal. The email address to use to pay us is akw@nbbooks.com. 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