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A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms
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
Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (295)
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GenreHistory
Length11 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byJoseph Tabler
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 29, 2023
LanguageEnglish
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