This new study by Pittsburgh area collector Chuck Prine is destined to become the book by which all subsequent regional studies of tools and toolmakers are judged. The result of more than twenty years of collecting and dedicated research, Planemakers of Western Pennsylvania brings life to the Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia planemakers that are its subject matter. Filled with great photographs, original documentation from period newspapers and very well written, this book will be of interest for its historical information and insight into Nineteenth Century toolmakers even if you have no interest in wooden planes. For an exremely good read that should inspire others to similarly apply themselves, we heartily recommend Chuck Prine’s new regional study.