[TheForge] Re: Books etc.

[schade at acegroup.cc]

I guess your opinion of Alex Bealers book is shaped somewhat by when 
you first saw it. Bealers book is copyrighted 1969. I got my copy in 
1972/73. At that time there was very little printed material on 
blacksmithing except for a few old horseshoeing/blacksmithing books. It 
wasn't like today where Norm carries several hundred books in several 
languages and the internet! who could imagine that back in 1972?

So I am willing to overlook some of the things Bealer may have glossed 
over because it was a beginning for me. I still pull his book out and 
browse thru it now and then. It's too bad that Alex Bealer died so 
young. I bet he would be surprised to see what his book started.

Bob
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On Oct 29, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Dann Johnson wrote:

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> If  Bealer was a writer first / blacksmith second, so what?   Dann
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