Children at the Hearth
| Author | : Barbara Swell |
| Publisher | : Native Ground Books & Music |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-01-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1883206340 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781883206345 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (345 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Children at the Hearth by : Barbara Swell
Download or read book Children at the Hearth written by Barbara Swell and published by Native Ground Books & Music. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eat your way back in time and enter the world of American children as they lived 150 years ago. Sample foods, folklore and games found in the parlours of the wealthy, the boarding houses of the working class, and the cabins on the western frontier. Includes over 60 vintage photos plus historic recipes like cathead biscuits, sugar plums and hobo mulligan stew. Learn to make snow candles and snow taffy, tell Appalachian ghost stories and play "roley hole" and "jack straws".