The Olden Time Series (Vol. 1-6) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBy Henry M. Brooks
Length13h 36m
About this audiobook
The Olden Time Series (Vol. 1–6) is a richly assembled antiquarian miscellany, drawing chiefly from early New England newspapers, broadsides, notices, and public records to recover the textures of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century life. Across its volumes, Henry M. Brooks presents curious advertisements, lotteries, Sunday customs, domestic habits, punishments, and literary oddities with a documentary fidelity that places the work within the nineteenth-century tradition of historical gleaning and local antiquarian scholarship. Its style is concise, observant, and archival, allowing primary materials to speak while subtly revealing the social assumptions of their age. Henry M. Brooks, a Massachusetts writer and antiquarian associated with Salem's deep historical consciousness, was well positioned to compile such a work. Living amid one of New England's richest repositories of colonial memory, he understood that the everyday fragment—a newspaper notice, a moral injunction, a commercial announcement—could illuminate history as vividly as formal chronicles. This series is recommended to readers interested in social history, early American print culture, and the imaginative recovery of ordinary life. It rewards scholars and general readers alike with vivid, unexpected evidence of the past.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length13 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 28, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Olden Time Series (Vol. 1-6) (Annotated)
2Volume 1
3Volume 2
4The Days of the Spinning-wheel
5Volume 3
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6Volume 4
7Quaint and Curious Advertisements (pt. 1)
8Quaint and Curious Advertisements (pt. 2)
9Volume 5
10Volume 6 (pt. 1)
11Volume 6 (pt. 2)
12Memorable Quotes
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