Home Life in Colonial Days

Alice Morse Earle's richly detailed portrait of everyday life in early America — the homes, food, work, and customs of colonial households.

At a glance Social history brought vividly to life through the texture of daily things. Alice Morse Earle had a gift for the ordinary. Where other historians chronicled wars and governments, she reconstructed how people… What it's about The book surveys the domestic world of early America: the building and…

The book surveys the domestic world of early America: the building and furnishing of homes, the hearth and its cooking, the making of cloth and candles, the labours of the farm and kitchen, and the customs, holidays…