amusements

Presents a historical overview of recreational activities in the United States from the post-Civil War era through the early twentieth century with emphasis on the increase of leisure time and the development of commercial sports.

This book presents step-by-step instructions for building haunted houses, such as man in the window, Dracula's coffin, hairy hallway, the dying room, and Zombieland.

Explains what soap bubbles are, how they are formed, and what can be done with them.

Describes age-appropriate activities baby-sitters can use to entertain infants and youngsters while their parents are away.

A book of activities for girls that provides step-by-step instructions for everything from strumming a guitar, eating with chopsticks, and making a camp in the wilderness to coping when zombies attack and surviving an alien invasion.

A collection of entertainments geared toward boys, containing accounts of famous battles, William Shakespeare quotations, games, and instructions for activities such as building a go-cart, cutting flint heads, making an electromagnet, and folding the "greatest paper airplane in the world.".

A book of activities for boys that provides step-by-step instructions for everything from reading a compass and building a raft to vanquishing vampires and hypnotizing chickens.

Describes what the early settlers did during their leisure time.