ENGLISH

Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860

By Jane C. Nylander

Book information

Publisher
Knopf
Year
2013
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7479133 bytes)
Pages
317\0
Time added
2017-10-04 00:14:06
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Description

This charming book portrays domestic life in New England during the century between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Drawing on diaries, letters, wills, newspapers, and other sources, Jane C. Nylander provides intimate details about preparing dinner, spinning and weaving textiles, washing and ironing laundry, planning a social outing, and exchanging food and services. Probing behind the many myths that have grown up about this era, Nylander reveals the complex reality of everyday life in old New England.

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