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    Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl
    Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl
    Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl
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    Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl

    By Caroline Cowles Richards

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1912
    Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl

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    Reviews for Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl

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    • 4/5
      A charming and detailed account of small-town life in America before electronic gadgets took over. When people found amusement in parlor games, sleigh rides, and visits to neighbors. Steeped in religion, this book is as wholesome as the novels of Louisa May Alcott. But this is not fiction. It is about real people, including mentions of some prominent real people: Susan B. Anthony, P. T. Barnum and Tom Thumb, Cyrus Field, Horace Greeley, Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Dickens, etc. Even President Grant and General Sherman put in appearances. Although it covers the years of the Civil War I would not recommend it to Civil War buffs because the author was a long way from the action. This book could benefit from some editorial clarifications. On page 105 the author mentions “a ball game.” What would that mean? Not what it would mean to us today. Volleyball, perhaps? Or croquet? On page 149 she writes, “All the girls wear newspaper bustles to school now.” What was “a newspaper bustle”? Why are prices sometimes quoted in shillings? But a readable book nevertheless. Worth reading if you want to escape to upper New York in the 1850s. Lots of quaint details about daily life. Lots of humor. How I wish my ancestors had kept such a journal! Illustrated with ambrotypes and daguerrotypes.
    • 4/5
      Readers of Ingall's Little House series will find much that is familiar here, as the young Caroline Cowles describes days at school and home, calls on neighbors, and all the other details of daily life in mid-Victorian America.

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