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A superb reference for writers, researchers, students and teachers, this dictionary-style book illuminates everyday life in the 1800s, decade by decade. Readers will find hundreds of otherwise obscure facts about: * Popular slang--from the range to the underworld* How to furnish a farmhouse or outfit a barn* How much it cost for a shot of whiskey or to mail a letter* Styles of the fashionable--and not so fashionable* Courtship and marriage rituals* Popular food and drink--including brand names* And much, much more!
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Everyday Life in the 1800s, Marc McCutcheon
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- Everyday Life in the 1800s
- Subtitle
- A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Marc McCutcheon
- Publisher
- Writer's Digest Books
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 308
- ISBN10
- 1582970637
- ISBN13
- 9781582970639
- Series
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A superb reference for writers, researchers, students and teachers, this dictionary-style book illuminates everyday life in the 1800s, decade by decade. Readers will find hundreds of otherwise obscure facts about: * Popular slang--from the range to the underworld* How to furnish a farmhouse or outfit a barn* How much it cost for a shot of whiskey or to mail a letter* Styles of the fashionable--and not so fashionable* Courtship and marriage rituals* Popular food and drink--including brand names* And much, much more!