New Year's Challenge #5

Challenge #5

>> find 3 historical books (ie pre 1910) about your geographic area of interest: online, Newberry, inter-library loan (your back closet?)

check out Google books - free historical...

Why??  Don't remember where, but do remember reading the comment (which I have found true) that the past is a different country, and by reading books written in that different country, not just about that different country, one can start to catch the ethos of that time, and also that place.

Consider:
the wonder of the speed of train travel after horses
the ease of housekeeping when water was piped inside, or oil replaced candles, or gas replaced oil light
the difference when schooling became the responsibility of the local government
and on, and on, and on.

My grandfather was born into a world of horse power supplied by horses, 2x daily mail delivery, telegrams & milk brought to the door, refrigeration in true ice boxes.  By the end of his life there were computers, cars, cell phones and a man had walked on the moon.   Amazing --
          And, someone looking at our lives in 100 years may say the same of us.

Cheers
Liz

ps - you are now at the end of January !! -- February is the month of many celebrations... stay tuned