Alice Morse Earle

Could you identify a sausage gun if you had to? How about a plate warmer or a well-sweep? Any idea how the term log-rolling really originated? Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911), a prolific popular historian and the first American to chronicle everyday life and customs of the colonial era, describes what these and many other obscure utensils were and how they were used. She also conveys a vivid picture of home production of textiles, colonial dress, transportation,...

A Dusty Tomes Audio Book in Cooperation with Spoken Realms A Major US Historian Series The 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 Meetinghouse II. The Church Militant III. By Drum and Horn and Shell IV. The Old-fashioned Pews V. Seating the Meeting VI. The Tithingman and the Sleepers VII....

What did the little ones do back in the days when "children should be seen and not heard"? How were they schooled, what did they wear, and which games did they play? This eye-opening survey revisits the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for an illustrated look at the lives of Colonial America's youngest citizens The first American historian to chronicle everyday life of the colonial era, Alice Morse Earle conducted years of research, based on letters,...

"Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)" by Alice Morse Earle. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers...