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Books on Early America
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100 Great Antique Automobiles in Full-Color Prints
by Clarence P. Hornung
Sumptuous cavalcade of magnificent antique vehicles — from 1853 Dudgeon Steam Wagon to 1915 Locomobile Town Coup. Beautifully rendered, marvelously detailed images of the Ford Quadricycle (1896), Stanley Steamer (1902), Holsman Surrey (1905), Riker Theatre Bus (1901), and many others. Concise notes describe dimensions, speed capacities, model's history, more.
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Early Stores and Markets
by Bobbie Kalman
The majority of the new settlers came to the New World because they wanted to make new homes here. They were promised land when they came. This land was usually far from any town or civilized area. Everyone was happy when one of the settlers decided to set up a General Store. The General Store opened a whole new life for the settler. It helped to turn separate farms into one community. It brought people together to help each other. And it allowed people to have a contact with the world they had left behind.
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Pioneer Projects
by Bobbie Kalman
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.
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Pioneer Life from A to Z
By Bobbie Kalman
This colorful picture dictionary looks at the life of the hardworking pioneers who settled the land. Intriguing objects used by the pioneers are featured such as churns, ear trumpets, and zoetropes.
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Settler Sayings
by Bobbie Kalman
Settler Sayings provides an interesting look at the origins of modern phases such as "black sheep" and "upper crust" within the context of pioneer life.
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Travel in the Early Days
by Bobbie Kalman and Kate Calder
With few roads and bridges, the early settlers had to find creative ways of getting around. This attractive book describes travel long ago on water and during the winter, in wagons and coaches, as well as the coming of more modern transportation such as steamboats, trains, and early automobiles.
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Goody Two-Shoes
This book is thought to have been written by Oliver Goldsmith and published in 1765. In the story, Miss Goody Two shoes only owned one shoe. When she was given a pair of shoes, she ran through the streets and neighborhoods, accosting passersby and announcing that she had "Two shoes! Two shoes!" The title of the book has now become a household phrase, Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes."
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Children's Life in Colonial America
Describes the everyday life of typical colonial children--How they lived, the games they played, how they worked, what they ate, what they wore, how they were educated and much more. An excellent overall view of life in the earlier days of our country.
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Nostalgic Crossword Puzzles
From the Late 1800s
First a fad, then bestsellers, crossword puzzle books have been an American institution for decades. This collection of crossword puzzles dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and includes crossword puzzle solutions.
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Children's Life in Victorian America
Focuses on the life of what we now call typical American 'Victorian ' children--what they ate, how they lived, how they dressed, how they were educated and much more. A delightful view of life as it really was not much more than a hundred years ago.
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Fun, Sports, and Pastimes
Details organized games, sports and pastimes in both the colonial and Victorian eras in America. The illustrations are derived from surviving game manuals of the time. Features such activities as hopscotch, baseball, golf, tennis, horsemanship, swimming, and more.
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Automobiles of Yesterday: Gasoline, Steam, Electric
Includes an authentic reproduction of a vintage 1904 automobile manual. Features illustrations of classic automobiles of the time, comparison and contrasts of gas, steam and electric automobiles, principles of motor designs and the dramatic statement that "the automobile is here to stay!"
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