Home Life in Colonial Days
Home Life in Colonial Days, published by Alice Morse Earle in 1898, describes how the settlers of New England and the other American colonies lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Earle devotes chapters to the building of houses, the great kitchen fireplace and its utensils, the food and drink, the growing and dressing of flax and the spinning of wool, hand weaving, dress, the making of candles and soap, the Sabbath and the meeting house, schools and books, travel by horse and by the first roads, taverns, Indian neighbors, the trades, and the sports and games of children. She illustrates the text with photographs of surviving objects and quotes diaries, inventories and letters throughout. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is Home Life in Colonial Days in the public domain?
Yes. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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About 6 h 08 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Home Life in Colonial Days?
Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle is filed under "History" in the Vinteuil library.
