Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Home Life in Colonial Days
    Home Life in Colonial Days
    Home Life in Colonial Days
    Audiobook13 hours

    Home Life in Colonial Days

    Written by Alice Morse Earle

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    CHAPTER IHOMES OF THE COLONISTSWhen the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable. The colonists found a land magnificent with forest trees of every size and variety, but they had no sawmills, and few saws to cut boards; there was plenty of clay and ample limestone on every side, yet they could have no brick and no mortar; grand boulders of granite and rock were everywhere, yet there was not a single facility for cutting, drawing, or using stone. These homeless men, so sorely in need of immediate shelter, were baffled by pioneer conditions, and had to turn to many poor expedients, and be satisfied with rude covering. In Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and, possibly, other states, some reverted to an ancient form of shelter: they became cave-dwellers; caves were dug ... (taken from first chapter of the book). Talk about starting from scratch!! Susan Morin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

    Related to Home Life in Colonial Days

    Related audiobooks

    History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Lone Star Stories: The 10 Best Books About Texas

      Nov 13, 2020

      a great book about Texas should not only contain historical fact, it should give readers an impression of the Lone Star state—its scents, sights, and sensations—as well as what it feels like to be a human being of fragile flesh and blood in that imme

      3 min read

    • Article

      Friends And Enemies In Times Of War

      Nov 1, 2019

      Friends And Enemies In Times Of War
      4 min read

    • Article

      Getting Started

      Sep 1, 2021

      Getting Started
      2 min read

    • Article

      Nantucket Doesn’t Belong to the Preppies

      Aug 30, 2021

      Photographs by Amani Willett I caught the fast ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket, 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. As the boat plowed the waves, I was taken aback by my first view of the island. I could see it all at once, end to end, 14 miles

      12 min read

    • Article

      In Ruins

      Oct 21, 2020

      In Ruins
      23 min read

    • Article

      Silent As The Grave

      Feb 23, 2023

      Silent As The Grave
      6 min read

    • Article

      All That Glitters

      Apr 16, 2020

      All That Glitters
      9 min read

    • Article

      Refracting History | Writing in the Dark

      Dec 15, 2022

      I’m writing this during a power outage, an experience befitting the winter issue of British Columbia History magazine. I’ve spent most of my life in rural areas where power outages are often measured in days, and we predict when electricity will be r

      9 min read

    • Article

      The Unlikely Celebrity Of Stone

      Aug 16, 2023

      THE moment I saw the Macmillan charity walkers striding by with their T-shirts and sticks, I knew the game was up and nothing in the valley would ever be the same again. It began when the Natural England volunteers turned up last year to lay the hedg

      2 min read

    • Article

      Lost Lives Remembered

      Aug 18, 2023

      Lost Lives Remembered
      5 min read

    • Article

      Living On The Edge

      Jul 6, 2022

      Living On The Edge
      9 min read

    • Article

      Black Cowboy Archaeologist

      Dec 21, 2021

      Black Cowboy Archaeologist
      4 min read

    • Article

      Kindred Spirits

      Mar 25, 2019

      Kindred Spirits
      5 min read

    • Article

      Gold Discoveries In Montana

      Nov 27, 2018

      When Nate Vestal reached Montana Territory in 1867, gold mining was already at a fever pitch. In 1852 François Finlay (aka “Benetsee”), a French half-breed from somewhere along the Red River of the North, made the first strike in what would become Mo

      3 min read

    • Article

      Precipitation

      Mar 24, 2022

      ▪ During a heavy rainstorm on 25 May 1906, fish fell from the clouds over Aberdeen, South Dakota. The following morning many could be seen wriggling on the sidewalks, swimming in pools of water or lying dead on the high ground. The Rev Marshall F Mon

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Great Mormon Migration

      Jan 21, 2021

      In the icy grip of winter, a thin line of wagons set out from Nauvoo, Illinois, and crossed the Mississippi River, laden with passengers and provisions. Those inside belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (otherwise known as the

      8 min read

    • Article

      Tracks Through Time

      Jan 8, 2024

      Tracks Through Time
      6 min read

    • Article

      To The Mainland

      Dec 6, 2020

      To The Mainland
      5 min read

    • Article

      Ancient Rooms With a View

      Nov 14, 2023

      Ancient Rooms With a View
      2 min read

    • Article

      Mountain Men

      Nov 1, 2022

      Mountain Men
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Home Life in Colonial Days

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words