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What did the little ones do back in the days when "children should be seen and not heard"? How were they schooled, what did they wear, and which games did they play? This eye-opening survey revisits the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for an illustrated look at the lives... Read Full Overview

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""Child Life in Colonial Days"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Alice Morse Earle. The book explores the daily lives of children in colonial America, focusing on the period between the 16th and 18th centuries. Earle draws on a wide range of sources, including diaries,... Read Full Overview

1899. Written by the author of Home Life in Colonial Days and other domestic and social histories of olden times with many illustrations from photographs. Contents: Babyhood; Children's Dress; Schools and School Life; Women Teachers and Girl Scholars; Hornbook and Primer; School-books;... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Step back in time to colonial America and discover what life was like for children living in the early days of the United States. From games and toys to education and chores, this fascinating book provides a detailed and engaging look at childhood in the colonial era.

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There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world. It was hard for grown... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally... Read Full Overview

Step back in time to colonial America and discover what life was like for children living in the early days of the United States. From games and toys to education and chores, this fascinating book provides a detailed and engaging look at childhood in the colonial era.

This... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

1899. Written by the author of Home Life in Colonial Days and other domestic and social histories of olden times with many illustrations from photographs. Contents: Babyhood; Children's Dress; Schools and School Life; Women Teachers and Girl Scholars; Hornbook and Primer; School-books;... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview