Everyday Life In...: The 1800s
A superb reference for writers¸ researchers¸ students and teachers¸ this dictionary-style book illuminates everyday life in the 1800s¸ decade by decade. Readers will find hundreds of otherwise obscure facts about:
* Popular slang--from the range to the underworld
* How to furnish a farmhouse or outfit a barn
* How much it cost for a shot of whiskey or to mail a letter
* Styles of the fashionable--and not so fashionable
* Courtship and marriage rituals
* Popular food and drink--including brand names.