Review: Knot bad at all.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
In his day A. Hyatt Verrill was mostly known for his adventure and fantasy stories. Today Verrill is mostly remembered for this little book on knots.Knots are one of mankind's oldest inventions and over the millennia we have evolved thousands of them. Knots are used by everyone from sailors to brain surgeons to join and hold things together. In this book Verrill gathers a few hundred of the most useful knots, shows how to tie them and gives a little bit on their background and uses.The instructions and the accompanying illustrations are clear and at least for the simpler knots makes tying them easy. A wonderful book for everyone from Scouts to sailors to armchair browsing.