In the spring of 1811, eleven-year-old Amasa Walker's mother decided he needed a new fancy coat, and so she sent him to fetch wool from a sheep farmer to make the garment. This book takes Amasa and his bundle of wool through all the processes involved in making woolen garments before the industrial revolution. The text of the book is based on Amasa Walker's written recollection which was read to the New England Historic Genealogical Society around 1850. Walker had a distinguished career in the antislavery movement and the Massachusetts state government.
