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The links below  lead to webpages on "Master" authors of Woodworker's Manuals:

Woodworker Manual Author #1: Mario Dal Fabbro -- Promoter of "Modernist" Furniture Designs 

Woodworker Manual Author(s) #2: Percy A Wells and John Hooper -- Patrician Manual Writers 

Woodworker Manual Author #3: John Gerald Shea -- Intrepid Writer of Woodworker's Manuals for Furniture of America's Ethnic Cultures

Woodworker Manual Author #4: Lester Margon -- Master Illustrator of Museum Furniture  

Woodworker Manual Author #5: Franklin H Gottshall  -- A Little Recognized "Classic" in Woodworking Annals

Woodworker Manual Author# 6: Walt Durbahn: From Master Carpenter to School Principal to Lexicographer to TV Star

Woodworker's Manuals #7: Arthur Wakeling and the Formation of the National Homeworkshop Guild in the 1930s 

Woodworker's Manuals # 8: Authors of Woodworker's  Manuals Advocating Homeworkshops for Boy's in Woodworking Courses (Under Construction)

Woodworker Manual Author (Corporate -- Stanley Tools) #9 : How to Work With Tools and  Wood 1927 & 1952 (also Appendix 14)

Woodworker Manual Author #10: R J DeCristoforo -- "Dean" of Manual Writers 

Woodworker Manual Author #11: Aldren Auld Watson, Self-Taught Artist, Self-Taught Woodworker