Explores the history of leisure activities in America over the course of the twentieth century, looking at how citizens of different races and ethnicities used their free time, and discussing some of the factors that influenced leisure, such as the invention of the automobile, and the development of the forty-hour work week.
Mrs. Brown describes the recreational activities which children participated in, such as plays, board games, stamp and coin collecting, music, and handicrafts, before television was invented.
