Huskings, quiltings, and barn raisings work-play parties in early America
Surveys the history of husking bees, barn raisings, soap boilings, and other American work-play parties, in which people in colonial and pioneer days came together to help one another while having fun.
| Main Author: | Sherrow, Victoria. |
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| Other Authors: | LoTurco, Laura. (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Walker and Co.,
1992.
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| Summary: |
Surveys the history of husking bees, barn raisings, soap boilings, and other American work-play parties, in which people in colonial and pioneer days came together to help one another while having fun. |
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| Physical Description: |
78 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-75) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0802781861 (cloth) : 0802781888 (reinforced) |