Books About Life in the American Colonies

1. ​American Work Values. Paul Bernstein
2. Death by Petticoat. American History Myths Debunked. Mary Miley Theobald
3. Everyday Life in Early America. David Freeman Hawke
4. Frontier Living. Edwin Tunis.
5. Historic Trades. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
6. In Small Things Forgotten. An Archaeology of Early American Life. James Deetz
7. Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies. Michael Olmert
8. Not All Wives. Women of Colonial Philadelphia. Karin Wulf
9. Rope, Twine and Net Making. Anthony Sanctuary
10. Rum Punch & Revolution. Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia. Peter Thompson
11. Science and Technology in Colonial America. William E. Burns
12. Sex Among the Rabble. Clare A. Lyons
13. The “Lower Sort”. Philadelphia’s Laboring People, 1750-1800. Billy Gordon Smith. 
14. The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies. Elizabeth Raum. 
15. The Scoop on School and Work in Colonial America. Bonnie Hinman. 
16. The Story of Rope. Plymouth Cordage Company
17. Toys & Games From Times Past. Historical Folk Toys
18. Valley of Opportunity. Economic Culture along the Upper Susquehanna, 1700-1800. Peter C. Mancall
19. What People Wore. Douglas Gorsline
20. Win or Lose. A Social History of Gambling in America. Stephen Longstreet