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Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Paperback – Illustrated, February 1, 1988

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The New York Times called this book a "valuable addition to the too-small list of books that give reliable accounts of the daily lives of the early Colonists … beautifully made and interestingly illustrated." With the republication of Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the incidents, anecdotes, and events surrounding the first inhabitants of colonial New England are brought vividly to life.
Drawing extensively on contemporary records, author and antiquarian George Dow provides graphically accurate descriptions of early shelters and dwellings, interior furnishings, colonial wardrobes, sports and games, shipping, trade, medicinal aids, medicinal practice, crimes, punishment, and much more. The text dispenses a wealth of intimate details on manners and customs — including intriguing tidbits of information on peculiar mealtime apparel, eating habits, and personal cleanliness. Detailed appendixes contain shop inventories, records of the contents of private homes, copies of building agreements, and other matters.
Supplementing the text are more than 100 historically valuable photographs and illustrations, including rare pictures of early kitchens and parlors, furniture, clapboard houses, farmyard scenes, a variety of workers at their crafts, gravestones, and an execution by hanging.
Here is a book that will delight students and teachers of history, researchers, and anyone fascinated by the day-to-day activities of this country's earliest settlers.

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416 pages
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English
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Dover Publications
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February 1, 1988
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5.41 x 0.82 x 8.48 inches
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0486255654
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978-0486255651
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Revised ed. edition (February 1, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486255654
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486255651
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.41 x 0.82 x 8.48 inches

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dinska

Just the facts

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2003

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This is a densely packed little book. I was very glad to come across it, personally. I am rather tired with every book I pick up about the Puritans being a psychological deconstruction. This straight-forward book, instead, is full of facts, personal accounts, item inventories, drawings and diagrams that are extremely helpful in getting a picture of how these people lived, centuries ago.
This is an old book, first published in 1935, but it doesn't make it any less relevant today. Every area of life is considered, from the voyage to New England down to sports and games. Many documents are presented without any commentary at all, and you can come to your own conclusions.
The illustrations are many and are helpful alongside the text to bring these people to life.
Whether you're a student of history or a genealogist, if you're interested in this era at all there is no reason not to own this book. Some people think that the Masschusetts Bay Colony gets little attention compared to Plymouth and Virginia. Whether that's true or not, Everyday Life will give you instant insight into the colony and the colonists personal lives.

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S. Merchant

Not how they live their daily live furniture they had good for you big disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2021

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Wish I could get my money back Big mistake!!!Didn't know I was going to have to read ever garmet of clothes they wore!! I hoped to read about their daily loved not what kind of freaking wallpaper they had it curtains or furniture?? Want my money back!!!

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Iggity7

Okay

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2018

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Probably a good enough primer for the novice student of the period.. Would have been more interesting if the collection of illustrations amassed at the end of the book had instead been inserted into the text at the appropriate points.

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GordonBlu

Eclectic Fun

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2010

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This book is not a coherent narrative. Each chapter covers a different topic, some of which are quite interesting (the chapter on housing, for example). Others, however, consist of nothing but long lists which represent inventories or catalogs, including such items as fabric types and medical remedies. These can be MANY pages in length, and should be considered more in the way of source material than analysis or narrative.

As a result what's here is a mixture of highly enjoyable and tedium. If you're researching early fabric types or medical remedies, the lists might be just what you need. If not, you'll find yourself skipping a lot of pages. I'm not planning on getting rid of the book, but it's much more of a research tool than anything else.

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E. M. Lipes

Fantastically Detailed

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021

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This book was a present for my mother, an amateur historian. She finds it very interesting with solid details about the time period. An excellent resource!

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Steve Lower

A Great Book About Early Colonial Life in America

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2014

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I have just started reading this book, and so far have found it very interesting. It compliments some of the other books I have about the history, the people and the times of early colonial America. If you've ever read and enjoyed books about the Pilgrims and their settling of Plymouth in 1620, such as William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation," I'm sure you'll enjoy this book.

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C. John

Excellent book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2015

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This book is great! Well researched and just excellent. Great photographs. Really paints an accurate picture of life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This is a must have for anyone doing research in the early history of of this area. HIGHLY recommended!

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Larry Bullard

A great book of facts and figures

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2015

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This is a History Book which contains many documents which demonstrate the life in colonial Massachusetts. From wills which list processions to ship manifests. A person looking for information on what the people of this place and era owned, it is a great source. History is usually a story, but I like to think it should be called Ourstory because it is the story of the human experience. This book does not tell a story, but gives facts and figures that can be used as a part of that story. It gave me information on how my first American ancestors lived. They did not come in search of a place where freedom reigned, but a place where their religion and life rules were the law. They succeeded, but they did establish self rule, which the British crown tried to take away and lost. They came to a wild land and should have been the last immigrants that were told to go home. The native people were the only ones who had the right to say that. If someone has ancestors from colonial Massachusetts, this book will give them some appreciation of their families first American Experiences.

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