How they lived

Descriptions of life in Philadelphia in 1787, the time of the Constitutional Convention covering customs, travel, dress, market, and fire fighting.

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

A description of the way of life of the Klondike gold seekers, including their hardships, mining methods, successes, and failures.

A history of the clipper ship era of the nineteenth century, including a description of how the ships were built, the life of a sailor, and how these vessels influenced American history.

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

Recreates a long outmoded way of life whose participants played an important part in the settlement, trade, and development of America's frontier. Describes what the flatboatmen wore, how they celebrated, and how they passed their days on the river.

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.