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The Old Farmer and His Almanack : Being Some Observations on Life and Manners in New England a Hundred Years Ago. Suggested by Reading the Earlier Numbers of Mr. Robert B. Thomas's Farmer's Almanack. Together with Extracts Curious, Instructive, and Entertaining, as Well as a Variety of Mi / George Lyman Kittredge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kittredge, George Lyman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Almanacs, American.
- Geografie, Reisen.
- Manners and customs.
- New England--Social life and customs.
- Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846.
- Local Subjects:
- New England--Social life and customs.
- Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- 4th printing 1924. Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
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- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE OLD FARMER AND HIS ALMANACK
- THE OLD FARMER AND HIS CORRESPONDENTS
- ASTROLOGY
- THE MAN OF THE SIGNS
- ARTISTIC EMBELLISHMENT
- MURDER WILL OUT
- WIT AND WISDOM OF THE FARMER'S CALENDAR
- LAWYERS AND QUACKS
- THE TOAD AND THE SPIDER
- SUGAR AND SALT
- THE FLYING STATIONER
- FIRE!
- "DROWNED! DROWNED!"
- HUSKINGS AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS
- SMALL ECONOMIES
- INDIAN SUMMER AND THE COMET
- ARMY AND NAVY
- THE SCHOOLMASTER
- TITLES OF HONOR
- MUNCHAUSEN
- THE GREAT MOON HOAX
- ENTERTAINMENT FOR MAN AND BEAST
- ON THE ROAD
- HAVE AN EYE TO THE MOON!
- WHAT TO READ
- BARBERRIES AND WHEAT
- INDIAN TALK
- MORE INDIAN TALK
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-59891-1
- OCLC:
- 1013936922
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