Home life in colonial days
by Earle, Alice Morse
Edition statement:reprint of 1898 ed. Published by : The BerkshireTraveller Press (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) Physical details: 470 pages ISBN:0912144234. Year: 1974| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 917.3032 Ear (Browse shelf) | Available | Book Fund | 44235 |
Includes index
Homes of the colonists -- The light of other days -- The kitchen fireside -- The serving of meals -- Food from forest and sea -- Indian corn -- Meat and drink -- Flax culture and spinning -- Wool culture and spinning, with a postscript on cotton -- Hand-weaving -- Girls' occupations -- Dress of the colonists -- Jack-knife industries -- Travel, transportation, and taverns -- Sunday in the colonies -- Old-time flower gardens.
The author reconstructs for us colonial life by describing in great detail manners, customs, dress, homes, and child life.
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