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Home Life in Colonial Days
by Alice Morse Earle

ISBN: 0486447677
Dover Publications Price: $10.95
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This fascinating guide by a pioneering social historian provides a comprehensive account of the daily life and customs of colonial America. Widely read at the time of its publication in 1898, the book conveys a vivid picture of home production of textiles, colonial dress, transportation, and other aspects of early American life. 114 illustrations.
Republication of the Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1898 edition.

Table of Contents for Home Life in Colonial Days
Foreword
I. Homes of the Colonists
II. The Light of Other Days
III. The Kitchen Fireside
IV. The Serving of Meals
V. Food from Forest and Sea
VI. Indian Corn
VII. Meat and Drink
VIII. Flax Culture and Spinning
IX. Wool Culture and Spinning, with a Postscript on Cotton
X. Hand-Weaving
XI. Girls' Occupations
XII. Dress of the Colonists
XIII. Jack-knife Industries
XIV. Travel, Transportation, and Taverns
XV. Sunday in the Colonies
XVI. Colonial Neighborliness
XVII. Old-time Flower Gardens
Index

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