The Boolk of the Feet
by Joseph Sparkes Hall
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hall, Joseph Sparkes
- Title
- The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TS: Technology: Manufactures
- Subject
- Footwear -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 56978
- Release Date
- April 14, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BOOK OF THE FEET:
- 2.AMERICAN PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS. — HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
- 4.CHAPTER I. ON THE MOST ANCIENT COVERINGS FOR THE FEET.
- 5.CHAPTER II. THE HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES IN ENGLAND.
- 6.CHAPTER III. ON THE MORE MODERN FORMS OF FOREIGN BOOTS AND SHOES.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRADE.
- 8.CHAPTER V. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN FEET, ETC.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. THE POETRY OF THE FEET, ETC. — CHILDREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES. — GENTLEMEN’S BOOTS AND SHOES.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES IN THE UNITED STATES.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT SHOEMAKERS. — ROGER SHERMAN. — DANIEL SHEFFEY. — GIDEON LEE. — SAMUEL DREW. — ROBERT BLOOMFIELD. — NATHANIEL BLOOMFIELD. — WILLIAM GIFFORD. — NOAH WORCESTER, D. D. — JAMES LACKINGTON, — JOSEPH PENDRELL. — THOMAS HOLCROFT. — REV. WILLIAM CAREY, D. D. — GEORGE FOX. — REV. JAMES NICHOL. — REV. WILLIAM HUNTINGTON.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. CRISPIN ANECDOTES, ETC.
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