Eric Sloane

Eric Sloane is an artist living in a Brookfield, Connecticut, farmhouse built in 1782. He has written and illustrated many books, including the recent American Barns and Covered Bridges . He is currently finishing Our Vanishing Landscape , to be published this fall.

Articles by Eric Sloane

Natural Ice, August 1966 | Vol. 17, No. 5

The Sound Of Bells, June 1964 | Vol. 15, No. 4

The Farmington Canal, February 1958 | Vol. 9, No. 2

The hand-dug waterway is mostly forgotten now, but it opened up areas of New England as well as imaginations. Read >>

Lore Of The Woodworker, June 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 4

Sketches From The Vanishing Landscape, February 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 2

The Mills of Early America, October 1955 | Vol. 6, No. 6

An artist recalls the picturesque devices that helped a young nation get ready for the age of machinery Read >>

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