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3) Home crafts
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the various rooms in a grand Victorian house, explaining the design and purpose of each and describing the furniture, lighting, and decorations used in the context of daily life during the second half of the nineteenth century.
11) Pioneer projects
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for handicrafts and activities in the spirit of the pioneers, including decoupage, hooked rugs, corn-husk dolls, block and sponge printing, and making a Jacob's ladder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities, restrictive clothing, pastimes, courtship and marriage, and limited employment prospects.
13) Colonial home
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlers.
14) The blacksmith
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the tools, activities, and importance of the blacksmith in colonial communities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations color ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the elaborate Yuletide customs of the period between 1837 and 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, and discusses how these customs were adopted and sometimes changed in the United States during the same period.
17) The wagon train
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how pioneers set out across the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century looking for a better life in the West--the routes they took, the covered wagons they used, what they ate, the dangers they faced, and more.
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