Home Life in Colonial Days
CHAPTER I
HOMES OF THE COLONISTS
When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable. The colonists found a land magnificent with forest trees of every size and variety, but they had no sawmills, and few saws to cut boards; there was plenty of clay and ample limestone on every side, yet they could have no brick and no mortar; grand boulders of granite and rock were everywhere, yet there was not a single facility for cutting, drawing, or using stone. These homeless men, so sorely in need of immediate shelter, were baffled by pioneer conditions, and had to turn to many poor expedients, and be satisfied with rude covering. In Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and, possibly, other states, some reverted to an ancient form of shelter: they became cave-dwellers; caves were dug ... (taken from first chapter of the book). Talk about starting from scratch!! Susan Morin
Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Early Modern
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Dedication and Forword | Susan Morin |
00:05:06 |
Play 01 | Homes of the Colonists | Susan Morin |
00:46:45 |
Play 02 | The Light of Other Days | Susan Morin |
00:29:27 |
Play 03 | The Kitchen Fireside | Susan Morin |
00:36:59 |
Play 04 | The Serving of Meals | Susan Morin |
00:47:35 |
Play 05 | Food from Forest and Sea | Susan Morin |
00:39:25 |
Play 06 | Indian Corn | Susan Morin |
00:32:39 |
Play 07 | Meat and Drink | Susan Morin |
00:41:04 |
Play 08 | Flax Culture and Spinning | Susan Morin |
00:40:13 |
Play 09 | Wool Culture and Spinning, with a Postscript on Cotton | Susan Morin |
00:45:07 |
Play 10 | Hand-Weaving | Susan Morin |
01:04:44 |
Play 11 | Girls' Occupations | Susan Morin |
00:51:24 |
Play 12 | Dress of the Colonists | Susan Morin |
00:36:04 |
Play 13 | Jack-knife Industries | Susan Morin |
00:45:55 |
Play 14 | Travel, Transportation, and Taverns | Susan Morin |
01:05:28 |
Play 15 | Sunday in the Colonies | Susan Morin |
00:38:18 |
Play 16 | Colonial Neighborliness | Susan Morin |
01:03:22 |
Play 17 | Old-time Flower Gardens | Susan Morin |
00:53:14 |