Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians (Writer's Guides to Everyday Life)
(Part of the Writer's Guides to Everyday Life Series)
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Book Overview
The wonderful and fascinating details of the 1800s have been gathered into one interesting volume, in which McCutcheon has included quotes from 19th-century citizens concerning or describing... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0898795419
ISBN13:9780898795417
Release Date:March 1993
Publisher:Writer's Digest Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.38 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Fast and Interesting Sourcebook
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Fast, because of the excellent organization on the part of the author, you don't have to hunt all over to answer whatever question you have; interesting because, once you have your answer, chances on you'll read a bit further on.
Simply a dictionary
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
When I read the description of the book I thought that this book would actually provide information about everyday life in the 1800's; instead, it is merely a dictionary. There are no passages that describe fashion, etiquette, industry, clothing, or anything else useful to a historian. Instead, the book merely provides one sentence descriptions of objects you probabaly can already identify. This book may be useful if you come across the name of an item in a primary text and you are not sure what it is. However, it provides very little useful general information
Where are the Pictures?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
As a history buff and aspiring novelist of the California Gold Rush period, I found this volume fascinating. I learned a great deal about slang, clothing, courtship, and how people entertained themselves. Unfortunately, a text-only book is insufficient to properly describe clothing and hairstyles -- or convey exactly what their houses looked like. The book desperately needs drawings or pictures!! The dictionary-style organization is useful, but I would have preferred more narrative text describing each subject before McCutcheon launches into definitions. This volume is definitely worth a spot on my bookshelf, but I'll keep hunting for something that provides the visuals.
A must read for writers and historians of all types!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
An amazing book! This book offers everything you ever needed or wanted to know about the 19th century. It has everything from slang speech to crime on the streets! Find a comfortable seat, sit back and enjoy your time travel ride back to the 1800's.
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