This colorful dictionary is a treasure trove of illustrated information about early life in colonial America. Topics include: colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers and their tools, shops and shopkeepers, transportation, the apothecary, milliner, wigmaker, and many more.
Contents
Colonial people -- Colonial homes -- LIfe on a plantation -- Colonial woodworkers -- The blacksmith -- The farrier -- Colonial travel -- Farm tools -- The colonial kitchen -- Colonial children -- The milliner -- Women's clothing -- What men wore -- Colonial shops.