Old Books

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 I love the older books. I have many on my kindle and on an app called Read Era. I also find quite a few on the internet archive website. 

I tend to go down "rabbit holes" with my books. While reading Ancient History with the grandkids, I developed an appreciation for the Phoenicians; their sailing, exploration, and development of the alphabet. I ran across a children's book called Two Children of Tyre by Louise Andrews Kent. I bought it and really enjoyed it and look forward to the grands enjoying it as well. 

I also ran across a book called Phoenician Ireland which piqued my interest because of my Irish ancestry. I have that book on order now. It was authored by Henry O'Brien and Joaquin Lorenzo Villanueva in 1833.

Another favorite "rabbit hole" of mine is any book that gives great detail of how people lived, dressed, socialized etc. in centuries past. 

Alice Morse Earle is an author that has written extensively on the subject in Colonial America. I've read "Child Life in Colonial Days", "Home Life in Colonial Days" and "Curious Punishments of Bygone Days". I have just ordered her books "In Old Naragansett" and "The Diary of Anna Green Winslow", which I am sure will not disappoint.

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