Home Life in Colonial Days

by Alice Morse Earle

Overview

Written in 1898, "Home Life" is a comprehensive account of the daily life and customs of the people of pre-Revolutionary America. Travel, meals, modes of dress, flower gardening, industry, social customs, and much more are described.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780936399225
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	03/17/1992
Series:	American Classics Series
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Alice Morse Earle was an American historian born in 1851, who wrote many engaging books that cronicled the details of everyday life in colonial America.

Table of Contents

I.	Homes of the Colonists	1
II.	The Light of Other Days	32
III.	The Kitchen Fireside	52
IV.	The Serving of Meals	76
V.	Food from Forest and Sea	108
VI.	Indian Corn	126
VII.	Meat and Drink	142
VIII.	Flax Culture and Spinning	166
IX.	Wool Culture and Spinning, with a Postscript on Cotton	187
X.	Hand-Weaving	212
XI.	Girls' Occupations	252
XII.	Dress of the Colonists	281
XIII.	Jack-knife Industries	300
XIV.	Travel, Transportation, and Taverns	325
XV.	Sunday in the Colonies	364
XVI.	Colonial Neighborliness	388
XVII.	Old-time Flower Gardens	421