Huskings, quiltings, and barn raisings
Subtitle: work-play parties in early America
By: Victoria Sherrow ; illustrations by Laura LoTurco.
Contributors: LoTurco, Laura, ill.
Publisher: Walker and Co.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Handicraft -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865.
Description: Surveys the history of husking bees, barn raisings, soap boilings, and other American work-play parties, in which people in colonial and pioneer days came together to help one another while having fun.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-75) and index.