Our Own Snug Fireside
Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860
Jane C. Nylander
- This
- charming
- book
- portrays
- domestic
- life
- in
- New
- England
- during
- the
- century
- between
- the
- American
- Revolution
- and
- the
- Civil
- War.
- Drawing
- on
- diaries,
- letters,
- wills,
- newspapers,
- and
- other
- sources,
- Jane
- C.
- Nylander
- provides
- intimate
- details
- about
- preparing
- dinner,
- spinning
- and
- weaving
- textiles,
- washing
- and
- ironing
- laundry,
- planning
- a
- social
- outing,
- and
- exchanging
- food
- and
- services.
- Probing
- behind
- the
- many
- myths
- that
- have
- grown
- up
- about
- this
- era,
- Nylander
- reveals
- the
- complex
- reality
- of
- everyday
- life
- in
- old
- New England.
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