Heartland Blacksmiths: Conversations at the Forge

by Richard Reichelt

This collection of interviews with blacksmiths, old and young, male and female, challenges preconceived notions about practitioners of this ancient craft. Among the nine working smiths within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis, Richard Reichelt finds a wide range of personalities, backgrounds, work created, and reasons for being a blacksmith.

Consider just three blacksmiths included in this book. Les Ostendorf is a farm blacksmith who sees smithing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314754
• ISBN13: 9780809314751
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 9.0"