Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians

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
* And much, much more!