Home Life in Colonial Days

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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.
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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.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781428632721
  • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 6/28/2006
  • Pages: 544
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.21 (d)

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
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2012

    thank god its 2012

    very interesting back then. good to skim through if you are into history

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 5, 2012

    Not worth your time

    Its full of typos, words that arent real....ideas thrown together and doesnt make sense

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