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Aaron A. Warford

Known today for practical how-to books on everything from acting and fencing to fortune-telling and science experiments, this author wrote in a lively, direct style meant to teach by doing. The range of subjects gives the work an old-school curiosity that still feels fun to browse.

4 Audiobooks

How to become a scientist : Giving interesting and instructive experiments in chemistry, mechanics, acoustics and pyrotechnics

How to become a scientist : Giving interesting and instructive experiments in chemistry, mechanics, acoustics and pyrotechnics

by Aaron A. Warford

How to become an inventor : Containing experiments in photography, hydraulics, galvanism and electricity, magnetism, heat, and the wonders of the microscope

How to become an inventor : Containing experiments in photography, hydraulics, galvanism and electricity, magnetism, heat, and the wonders of the microscope

by Aaron A. Warford

How to stuff birds and animals : A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects

How to stuff birds and animals : A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects

by Aaron A. Warford

How to become an actor

How to become an actor

by Aaron A. Warford

About the author

Aaron A. Warford is credited with a wide mix of instructional books, many of them now preserved through public-domain and library catalogs. Confirmed titles include How to Become an Actor, How to Tell Fortunes, How to Fence, How to Become a Scientist, How to Become an Inventor, and How to Stuff Birds and Animals.

The surviving record available here says much more about the books than about the person. From those works, he appears as a writer of practical manuals aimed at general readers—someone interested in performance, household know-how, outdoor skills, popular science, and entertaining curiosities.

Because reliable biographical details were limited in the sources found during this search, it is safest to remember him as a prolific author of late 19th-century style how-to literature rather than attach unconfirmed personal facts.