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A GIRL'S LIFE 80 YEARS AGO: SELECTIONS
FROM THE LETTERS OF ELIZA SOUTHGATE BOWNEwith
an introduction by Clarence Cook, ca. 1887, reprint, 239 pp. The story
of a lively young New England girl, Elizabeth Southgate Bowne, from 1799,
to 1809, growing up in Scartorough, ME and traveling in the East. Eliza,
one of 12 children in the family, was sent to school in Medford, MA in
1799,, where her letters begin. Provides fascinating information on American
lifestyles into the early 1800's.
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HC 0-87928-105-7
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$24.95
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 SOCIAL
LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC by Anne H. Wharton,
ca. 1902, reprint, 346 pp. A fascinating survey of the social scene in
Philadelphia, New York and Washington during the nation's first 50 years.Describes
how our Presidents from Washington to Fillmore entertained themselves,
their families and friends during these early, difficult years of growth
after the revolution. Considered an invaluable survey of a social customs
and manners.
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HC 0-87928-015-8
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$26.95
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LIFE IN AMERICA
100 YEARS AGO by Gaillard Hunt, ca. 1914,
illus. biblio., index, reprint, 298 pp. A fascinating look at the way Americans
lived during the period immediately following the War of 1812. Discusses
attitudes, activities, dress, medicine, hospitals, transportation, education,
religion, women. Highly readable, filled with illuminating information,
considered a social history of life before the Civil War.
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HC 0-87928-023-9
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$24.95
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 THE NEGLECTED PERIOD OF ANTI-SLAVERY IN AMERICA, 1803-1831
by Alice D. Adams, ca. 1908, reprint, 307 pp. A detailed and informative
study of anti-slavery activity in the US during a period for many years
considered devoid of agitation. This book produced abundant evidence of
anti-slavery feeling. Was long considered one of the best surveys available
and of vital importance to any serious student of the anti-slavery movement
in America.
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HC 0-87928-004-4
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$26.95
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 THE AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE by George IL Spears,
ca. 1900, index, 232 pp. The highly readable account of the development,
peak and decline of the slaver trade between the US and Africa, beginning
in the 1600's. Written shortly after the close of the slaver trade era,
Spears' treatment provides valuable insight into the attitudes of his peers
about slaver trading.
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HC 0-87928-123-5
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$16.95
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DANIEL BOONE by Reuben G. Thwaites, ca. 1902,
reprint, 2.49 pp. An authentic, reliable and highly readable biography
of the picturesque backwoodsman from Kentucky. A rifleman with few equals,
a skillful Indian fighter, fully knowledgeable in Indian ways, restless
and energetic. Boone typified the general image of the fearless and able
frontiersman and achieved world-wide fame before his death. Thwaites' study
of Boone is still good reading, straightforward, brief, concise, to the
point.
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HC 0-87928-084-0
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$24.95
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