num_pages: 387
description: The writings of Alice Morse Earle (1853-1911) on early American life are perennial favorites because of the skill with which she portrayed the olden times. This volume includes the following chapters: Child Life; Courtship and Marriage Customs; Domestic Service; Home Interiors; Supplies of the Larder; Old Colonial Drinks and Drinkers; Travel, Tavern, and Turnpike; Holidays and Festivals; Sports and Diversions; Books and Book-Makers; Artifices of Handsomeness; Raiment and Vesture; Doctors and Patients; Funeral and Burial Customs.
language: English
title: Customs And Fashions In Old New England
titlecomplete: Customs And Fashions In Old New England
genres: History, Fashion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 39
publisher: Singing Tree Press