Earle, Alice Morse        <br/><br/>
Home life in colonial days 
by Alice Morse Earle 
 - reprint of 1898 ed. 
 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts  The BerkshireTraveller Press  1974 
 - 470 pages 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> The author reconstructs for us colonial life by describing in great detail manners, customs, dress, homes, and child life. 
<br/><br/> 44235 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0912144234 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>United States --Social life and customs-- To 1775<br/>Home economics  United States 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>917.3032 Ear   15