Back in the Day: 101 Things Everyone Used to Know How to Do

By Michael Powell

If you're struggling in the modern world, or you just want to increase your repertoire of timeword life skills, what better place to look for inspiration than the past? It's easy to believe that we have all the answers, but there's a whole heap of stuff we have forgotten that folks from days gone by actually knew how to do.   You'll be captivated by the ancient tips, careworn advice, and bygone suggestions inside this book. Step-by-step instructions introduce you to 101 of the most important things we don't know how to do anymore.   In no time you'll be able to fight with a rapier and dagger, thatch a roof, plow a field, wear a Roman toga, lay siege to a castle, pluck a chicken, hurl a battleax, make fire without matches, embalm a body, and use heaps of other know-how from the days of yore.   Never again will you be daunted by a hula hoop, a cow that needs milking, or a challenge to pistols at dawn. And you won't believe how you ever managed without knowing how to make a pair of shoes, keep your horse well groomed, live off the land, and pan for gold.   So what are you waiting for? There's no time like the present for traveling back to the past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fall River Press
• Release date: Sep 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781435139046

Michael Powell

An Adams Media author.

Reviews for Back in the Day

[carterchristian1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

While I agree with reviewer Andersonden, I would also add that this is a great view of history of theworld.

[andersonden · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Though I found the concept interesting the subtitle is a bit misleading; many of the activities described herein would not be things everyone used to know how to do - even in the cultures from which they came. Often knowledge of particular tasks is specialized (or class based) and so it is with many included here. One wonders if the authors are really trying for a subtle humorous effect, if so, they fall a bit off of the mark.