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Price: $25.00
Seller ID: 341399
ISBN: 1588341399
This brilliant examination of the nineteenth-century challenges a central tenet of American history: that in the past men and women lived in separate spheres. Women, supposedly, lived lives focused around hearth and home; men focused on trade and commerce. Market Sentiments turns this argument on its head, showing how the market revolution was inextricably linked to sentimental beliefs. The invention of Valentine's Day and the rise of popular fashion magazines that used a sentimental language for attracting customers illustrate how the market and the parlor were closely intertwined. Through he... View more info
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Price: $28.00
Seller ID: 831913
ISBN: 1479831913
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Price: $35.95
Seller ID: 627144
ISBN: 1469627140
Price: $36.50
Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1900)
Seller ID: E0820
ISBN: 0788408208
Condition: 520 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1900), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 520 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc
A comprehensive study, both light-hearted and serious, of the enormous role of taverns and modes of travel in colonial culture. Some of the chapters discuss the Puritan ordinary, the tavern landlord, tavern fare and tavern ways, signs and symbols, the tavern in war, packhorse and conestoga wagon, early stage-coaches and other vehicles, the romance of the road, the pains of stage-coach travel, knights of the road and tavern ghosts. A fun, fascinating book! 520 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1900), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 520 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc View more info
Price: $38.50
Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1898, 2005)
Seller ID: E1512
ISBN: 0788415123
Condition: 538 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1898, 2005), 2012, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 538 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc
538 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1898, 2005), 2012, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 538 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc View more info
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Dover:
Seller ID: 471914
ISBN: 0486471918
Condition: 448 pages, 5 1/2 X 8 1/4, paperback, illustrated, 130 b&w photos, Dover
448 pages, 5 1/2 X 8 1/4, paperback, illustrated, 130 b&w photos, Dover View more info
By: Allen D. Carden Introduction by Shirley Bean
Price: $12.00
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press: 1994
Seller ID: 261144
ISBN: 0-8032-6114-4
Condition: 240 pages, paperback, University of Nebraska Press
The Missouri Harmony was the most popular of all frontier tunebooks, with a history going back to 1820, when singing master Allen Carden introduced it into his St. Louis school. The 185 selections in The Missouri Harmony, compiled from earlier tunebooks, were old favorites used in churches and singing schools which sometimes convened in taverns. Abraham Lincoln and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, are said to have sung from The Missouri Harmony at her father's tavern in New Salem, Illinois. Shirley Bean points out in her introduction the importance of tunebooks and frontier singing schools in tea... View more info
By: Audrey Collins
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1999, 2005)
Seller ID: C0090
ISBN: 953646106
Condition: 60 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1999, 2005), 2011, 5.5x8.5, paper, 60 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc
60 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1999, 2005), 2011, 5.5x8.5, paper, 60 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc View more info
By: Brenton C. Kemmer and Karen L. Kemmer
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (2001)
Seller ID: K1732
ISBN: 0788417320
Condition: 160 pages, 5.5x8.5, (2001), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 160 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc
Whether you are wondering how to get started in reenacting, or a veteran of many encampments, this book has something for you! Learn how to select the time period that’s right for you, join a reenactment unit, get the clothing and equipment needed, and select the best events. The appendices contain lists of useful web sites, living history organizations, suggested reading, sample event schedules, a worksheet to help develop your own historical persona, and helpful forms. The authors have been reenacting for two decades, in several different time periods and organizations.160 pages, ... View more info
By: Drew Smith
Price: $21.00
Publisher: GPC: 2009
Seller ID: GPC5446
ISBN: 0806317957
Price: $27.00
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press: c2004
Seller ID: 023171
ISBN: 0271023171
Condition: 327 pages, 6 x 9 1/4, maps, paperback, Pennsylvania State University Press
It has often been said that early America was the "best poor man's country in the world." After all, wasn't there an abundance of land and a scarcity of laborers? The law of supply and demand would seem to dictate that most early American working people enjoyed high wages and a decent material standard of living. Down and Out in Early America presents the evidence for poverty versus plenty and concludes that financial insecurity was a widespread problem that plagued many early Americans.The fact is that in early America only an extremely thin margin separated those who required ass... View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company:
Seller ID: 548442
ISBN: 1565548442
Condition: 96 pages, 5 x 7 3/4, Pelican Publishing Company
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 426947
ISBN: 0486426947
Condition: 256 pages, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2, paperback, Dover Publications
Similar to England's Arthurian legends and old Norse sagas, Spanish romances were written and published before the end of the sixteenth century. This collection of 53 romances focuses on Spanish history, national legends, and Moorish themes; ballads of Charlemagne and his peers, tales derived from French chansons de geste (epics of chivalry and other courtly narratives); and miscellaneous ballads based on Greco-Roman subjects. A dual-language anthology, with excellent new literal translations on pages facing the Spanish original, the volume provides students and scholars--for perhaps the first... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $11.95
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 425614
ISBN: 0486425614
Condition: 112 pages, 6 x 9, paperback, Dover Publications
When this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bridge would soon give way to progress and be replaced by "modern" elements. Today, a number of these sturdy, beautifully proportioned barns and bridges are still standing--monuments to the skill and keen eye of their original builders. This lovingly written book, accompanied by more than 75 of the author's own sketches, provides a reliable record of those vanishing forms of architecture. Accurate line drawings depict a variety of barns, suc... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 427609
ISBN: 0486427609
Condition: 128 pages, 6 x 9, paperback, Dover Publications
This book, a compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes illustrated with the author's own pen, captures the living legacy of America as seen in "the things that were." A fitting companion volume to American Barns and Covered Bridges, recently reprinted by Dover, the present book, according to author Eric Sloane, explores "our national attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations." He suggests that while many antiquarians may bypass the careers of dowsers, tithing-men, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men (plumbers), barber-surgeons, sellmongers, fence-viewers, and other old-tim... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 433943
ISBN: 0486433943
Condition: 112 pages, 8 1/4 x 11, 69 b&w illus., paperback, Dover Publications
Appeals to woodcrafters and lovers of Americana"One of Eric Sloane's best books."--Library Journal"This refreshing, delightfully written, and magnificently illustrated book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Ranging over the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, carpentry, and other areas, the author illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood and the resourcefulness of early Americans in using it. Unabridged republication of the original edition published by Funk & Wagna... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $10.95
Publisher: Dover Publications:
Seller ID: 433854
ISBN: 0486433854
Condition: 112 pages, 8 1/4 x 11, paperback, Dover Publications
43 black-and-white illustrations by the author Tips for predicting local weather Engrossing facts and entertaining anecdotes will appeal to young adults as well as older readersA delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, landscape painter, weather forecaster, and authority on early American history, Sloane takes readers with him on a voyage of discovery as he traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. A vivid narrative and the author's own pen-... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Dover Publications: 2005 [1958]
Seller ID: 442209
ISBN: 0486442209
Condition: 160 pages, 8 1/4 x 11, 79 of the author's own illustrations, including four in full color, paperback, Dover Publications
Author Eric Sloane applies his reverent touch to yet another fascinating aspect of early American life as he considers the seasons of the year. From kites and marbles, "sugaring time," and strawberry picking in the spring, to the weeding season, fall harvests, and cider-making, this charming book takes readers through a full year's activities, with Sloane's drawings of cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps. and wells; stump-pulling equipment, axes, plows, and other elements of America's rural heritage. A section of old recipes and household hints adds additional color and practical val... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $10.95
Publisher: Dover Publications: [1967]
Seller ID: 441016
ISBN: 0486441016
Condition: 128 pages, 8 1/4 x 11, paperback, Dover Publications
55 nostalgic drawings by the authorFor anyone fond of Americana and old-fashioned storytellingThe old-time country store was more than just an emporium. With its pot-bellied stove and barrel of common crackers within reach of whoever had the time for chatting, this time-honored institution was also a general meeting house, a public forum, and an entertainment center. With words both wise and droll and his inimitable line drawings, Eric Sloane recreates the flavor of the country store in all its delightful moods and poses.Unabridged republication of edition published by Funk & Wagna... View more info
By: Eric Sloane
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Dover Publications: [1962]
Seller ID: 436667
ISBN: 0486436667
Condition: 128 pages, 8 1/4 x 11, paperback, Dover Publications
"Recommended for general collections."-Library JournalIncludes 72 of the author's own illustrationsThis reprint of an actual early-nineteenth-century diary provides today's readers with a delightful rarity. Eric Sloane has taken a fifteen-year-old farm boy's brief, concise notebook and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and his own remarkable drawings. As a result, he has preserved the simplicity and charm of a bygone era. A fascinating guide to past life and customs in rural New England, the book includes verbal and graphic sketches detailing the constructio... View more info
