CHAPTER 7
Looking Ahead at History
My grandfather George was a pillar on my mom’s side of the family. The Johnsons are a hearty stock from Sweden. George was in the first generation born in the United States and a carpenter like his father Ivar who emigrated from Sweden at the turn of the 20th century. Back then, a carpenter worked on the entire house, from framing to floors, and did it all without power tools. One year for Christmas, George gave me a toolbox that he had made. It was full of the things you’d expect to see in any toolbox plus tools we don’t see today, such as a variety of handsaws and a brace and bit. No power tools. A brace and ...
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