skimomma Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I am following a rabbit trail. I am looking for books. It is a bit hard to describe, which is why my google searching is failing me. I am interested in reading about or of the lives of people, specifically women and children, during the years between the first colonists up to the Revolutionary War years. Non-fiction would be great. Either historical accounts, biographies, or journals. Anything involving a sense of what life was like for women, children, and families during that time. So that would include education, housekeeping/cooking, the home, medical practices, employment experiences, etc..... Very well done historical fiction would also be interesting. Please tell me such books exist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Michelle* Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Felicity's World by American Girl. Huge non-fiction book with lots of photos. And are you interested in children's or adult fiction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Oops! I mean books for adults! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punchbuggyblue Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Have you read Diana Gabaldon's series which begins with Outlander (in Scotland) and ends with An Echo in the Bone (in USA) Page turners for sure! Hope that helps, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I would look up books on Anne Bradstreet and Abigail Adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Michelle* Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Everyday Life in Early America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel marie Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 this is not a book, but the john adams' series is awesome that was on hbo a few years back. you can get it on netflix too. also the book johnny tremain is great for that time period. there was a movie made from that book that you can get on dvd. 2 years ago we did a revolutionary war trip up east coast and it was so awesome. my son is now in 10 grade learning us history and still talks about that trip. everything on early history of forming our country he has seen with his own eyes. just a thought. angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Awesome suggestions! And now that I have these, searching for others is getting easier. Thanks!!!! BTW, what is the name of the Adams' HBO show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I'm planning to assign Gail Collins's "America's Women" and Cokie Roberts's "Founding Mothers" to my 7th grader this year. I enjoyed both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 The first of the Williamsburg Novels, Dawn's Early Light author Elswyth Thane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Robert Graves "Sgt Lamb's America" is an interesting book about that time period with a very different viewpoint. But I can't remember if there is much about women/children in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Jeff Shaara has a Revolutionary war series - I haven't read it yet, but I absolutely loved his WWII and Civil War series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 My kids participated in a Colonial era historical intrepeter's group for children for a few months last year. The recommended reading for learning about the time period included The Journal of John Harrower: An Indentured Servant in the Colony of Virginia 1773-1176 (primary source about a tutor to some children near Fredericksburg, VA); Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Frithian (another primary source about a tutor, this one in the Tidewater area); and Child Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (she also wrote Home Life in Colonial Days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 My dd read "The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple" about a girl who came over on the Mayflower. It's a YA book but I liked it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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