Reviews
The book belies the dryness of its subtitle with tales of business deals turned violent and limbs mangled in machinery., John Bidwell has produced another remarkable book that will be the bedrock of the study of American paper history for years to come: a labour of love, persistence and rigorous scholarship, it will provide the essential basis for anyone interested in that country's paper making history. . . . John Bidwell's comprehensive account of early paper making in America is unprecedented in size and scope for American paper history studies., "The book belies the dryness of its subtitle with tales of business deals turned violent and limbs mangled in machinery."-New York Times, "The book belies the dryness of its subtitle with tales of business deals turned violent and limbs mangled in machinery."--New York Times, "The book belies the dryness of its subtitle with tales of business deals turned violent and limbs mangled in machinery."- New York Times, "Bidwell's introduction discusses concisely but fluently all aspects of the papermaking business. The considerable information he has recovered about the mills is arranged in 300 pages of entries organized by state and then chronologically by date of founding. These are tied together with indexes of papermakers, watermarks (both words and figures), and subjects, and the whole is supplemented generously with illustrations."- SHARP, "The book belies the dryness of its subtitle with tales of business deals turned violent and limbs mangled in machinery."ÑNew York Times, "Bidwell's introduction discusses concisely but fluently all aspects of the papermaking business. The considerable information he has recovered about the mills is arranged in 300 pages of entries organized by state and then chronologically by date of founding. These are tied together with indexes of papermakers, watermarks (both words and figures), and subjects, and the whole is supplemented generously with illustrations."-SHARP, Bidwell's introduction discusses concisely but fluently all aspects of the papermaking business. The considerable information he has recovered about the mills is arranged in 300 pages of entries organized by state and then chronologically by date of founding. These are tied together with indexes of papermakers, watermarks (both words and figures), and subjects, and the whole is supplemented generously with illustrations., "John Bidwell has produced another remarkable book that will be the bedrock of the study of American paper history for years to come: a labour of love, persistence and rigorous scholarship, it will provide the essential basis for anyone interested in that country's paper making history. . . . John Bidwell's comprehensive account of early paper making in America is unprecedented in size and scope for American paper history studies." -The Quarterly, The Journal of the British Association of Paper Historians, "John Bidwell has produced another remarkable book that will be the bedrock of the study of American paper history for years to come: a labour of love, persistence and rigorous scholarship, it will provide the essential basis for anyone interested in that country's paper making history. . . . John Bidwell's comprehensive account of early paper making in America is unprecedented in size and scope for American paper history studies." - The Quarterly, The Journal of the British Association of Paper Historians
