Our Own Snug Fireside

Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History, Architecture, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Our Own Snug Fireside by Jane Nylander, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Jane Nylander ISBN: 9780307828163
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: May 15, 2013
Imprint: Knopf Language: English
Author: Jane Nylander
ISBN: 9780307828163
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: May 15, 2013
Imprint: Knopf
Language: English

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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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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