Designed to provide ideas for adventures and games, both indoors and out, during each season of the year.

Long before 'danger' became the book for boys, there was the beloved classic of generations of young boys, "The American Boys Handy Book" by Daniel Beard. Specially designed to provide loads of ideas for adventures and games, both indoors and out, during each season of the year, "The American Boys Handy Book" was originally published in 1882 and became an instant bestseller. Now, Tuttle Publishing is bringing this much-loved book back in to print for a new generation of boys to enjoy. If you're not too young to fly a kite, or too old to enjoy a day's good fishing, "The American Boys Handy Book" is chock full of games and hobbies intended just for you! Daniel Beard firmly believed in letting boys make their own playthings, which encourages them to value their work and gain the skills needed to successfully invent, construct and dream.