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Want to step back in time and experience daily life in America's colonial past? Join Alice Morse Earle's captivating audiobook, 'Home Life in Colonial Days.' Journey beyond history textbooks and delve into the hearths, kitchens, and workshops of early America. Discover how colonists built their homes, illuminated their nights, and prepared their meals. Learn about the tools they used, the clothes they wore, and the challenges they faced. 'Home Life in Colonial Days' is a rich tapestry woven from diaries, letters, and forgotten customs, offering a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era. Prepare to be surprised by the ingenuity and resourcefulness of America's colonial ancestors.
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A Major U.S. Historian Series No. 3Colonial Dames and Good Wives by Alice Morse Earle published by Houghton Mifflin 1895.
Audio copyright 2023Note - This book is ‘read as written'. It was published in 1895. It is in the public domain.
Alice Morse Earle’s writings, beginning in 1890, focused on small sociological details rather than grand details, and thus are invaluable for modern social historians.
CONTENTS:ChapterI. Consorts and RelictsII. Women of AffairsIII. “Double-Tongued and Naughty Women'IV. Boston NeighborsV. A Fearful Female TravaillerVI. Two Colonial AdventuressesVII. The Universal FriendVIII. Eighteenth-Century MannersIX. Their Amusements and AccomplishmentsX. Daughters of LibertyXI. A Revolutionary HousewifeXII. Fireside Industries
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A Major US Historian SeriesCustoms and Fashions of Old New England by Alice Morse Earle first published by Charles Scribner’s Sons 1893.Note: This book is ‘read as written'. It was published in 1893. It is in the public domain.
Narrator’s comment: This book is quite wonderful, a slice of life from another time, at once fun, interesting, and real history. Alice Morse Earle is great! (And not easy to read at times, due to the spelling of the quoted diaries, letters, and so forth.)
ContentsI. Child LifeII. Courtship and Marriage CustomsIII. Domestic ServiceIV. Home InteriorsV. Table PlenishingsVI. Supplies of the LarderVII. Old Colonial Drinks and DrinkersVIII. Travel, Tavern, and TurnpikeIX. Holidays and FestivalsX. Sports and DiversionsXI. Books and Book-MakersXII. Artifices of HandsomenessXIIL Raiment and VestureXIV. Doctors and PatientsXV. Funeral and Burial Customs
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A Major US Historian SeriesThe Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle published by Charles Scribner’s Sons 1891.
Note—This book is “read as written”. It was published in 1891. It is in the public domain.
I. The New England Meeting—houseII. The Church MilitantIII. By Drum and Horn and ShellIV. The Old-fashioned PewsV. Seating the MeetingVI. The Tithingman and the SleepersVII. The Length of the ServiceVIII. The Icy Temperature of the Meeting-HouseIX. The Noon-HouseX. The Deacon’s OfficeXI. The Psalm—book of the PilgrimsXII. The Bay Psalm-BookXIII. Sternhold and Hopkins’ Version of the PsalmsXIV. Other Old Psalm-booksXV. The Church MusicXVI. The Interruptions of the ServicesXVII. The Observance of the DayXVIII. The Authority of the Church and the MinistersXIX. The Ordination of the MinisterXX. The MinistersXXI. The Ministers’ PayXXII. The Plain-Speaking Puritan PulpitXXIII. The Early Congregations
Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audiobooks, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration.
