Project Gutenberg 2007-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 211 Earle, Alice Morse 1851 1911 Earle, Mary Alice Morse Home Life in Colonial Days Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Constanze Hofmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Home Life in Colonial Days" by Alice Morse Earle is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the daily lives and domestic settings of early American colonists, focusing on their homes, furnishings, and lifestyle during the colonial period. It provides a rich tapestry of historical insights into the practicalities and traditions of the time. The opening of the book delves into the various forms of shelter that the colonists employed upon settling in America. It describes the early settlers' struggles for shelter amid abundant natural resources, detailing how they often resorted to cave-dwelling or log cabins due to the lack of tools and materials. It highlights the evolution of colonial homes, including the design and materials used, while contrasting the settlers' homes with those of Native Americans. The author illustrates the ingenuity and resilience of the colonists, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of other aspects of colonial domestic life throughout the rest of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 E151 Text United States Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 736357 736358 2024-10-10T04:48:43.895936 2023-09-10T08:14:51.850665 text/html text/html 709121 2007-09-19T06:50:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 244416 2007-09-19T06:50:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338333 2024-10-10T04:48:59.877860 application/epub+zip 345026 2024-10-10T04:48:48.840917 application/epub+zip 332120 2024-10-10T04:48:46.630981 application/epub+zip 621633 2024-10-10T04:49:07.021844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 566991 2024-10-10T04:48:57.877912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528272 2022-09-10T14:37:58.885892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575065 574961 2024-10-10T04:48:41.354954 2023-09-10T08:14:49.682693 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 574873 2007-09-19T06:50:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224163 2007-09-19T06:50:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 574881 2007-09-19T06:50:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224105 2007-09-19T06:50:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21338 2024-10-10T04:49:07.162840 application/rdf+xml 12902 2024-10-10T04:48:47.290924 image/jpeg 3523 2024-10-10T04:48:46.962974 image/jpeg 313656 2024-10-10T04:48:43.952001 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia