Curious Punishments of Bygone Days [Paperback]

Alice Morse Earle (Author), Alice Earle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1995 | ISBN-10: 1557092494 | ISBN-13: 978-1557092496 | Edition: ZZZ

Alice Morse Earle was a social historian of great note at the turn of the century, and many of her books have lived on as well-researched and well-written texts of everyday life in Colonial America. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days was published in 1896. It is a catalog of early American crimes and their penalties, with chapters on the pillories, stocks, the scarlet letter, the ducking stool, discipline of authors and books (egad!), and four other horrifying examples of ways in which those who transgressed the laws of Colonial America were made to pay for their sins.

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About the Author

ALICE MORSE EARLE (1851-1911) was a popular writer of the Colonial Revival movement. She was the author of seventeen books, many of them about daily life in early America, especially in New England. Thanks to her meticulous research and the timelessness of her writing, a number of these books are still in print. VIRGINIA LOPEZ BEGG is a landscape historian and designer, and author of numerous articles about the role of women in shaping the American landscape, particularly through the garden literature of the 1860-1940 period.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Applewood Books; ZZZ edition (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557092494
• ISBN-13: 978-1557092496
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,801,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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