Why am I calling my blog “Geneature”? I plan to combine two of my favorite things – books and genealogy (I couldn’t figure out how to work in chocolate!). When you do genealogy, you learn some things about your ancestors. You learn where and when they were born, got married, lived, and died. But the Read More
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After the Revolution, by Joseph J Ellis
The subtitle of this book is “Profiles in Early American Culture”. Ellis looks at four men who were prominent in the early days of America, just after the revolution. These were not necessarily typical Americans, however. Each were prominent, and well known at that time, in a different area of arts or letters. Only one Read More
Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920, by June Granatir Alexander
The subtitle of this book is “How the Second Great Wave of Immigrants Made Their Way in America”. The time frame, 1870 to 1920, is when the largest group of immigrants arrived on our shores. This is between the Civil War, until just after World War I, when immigration rules were tightened to exclude numerous Read More
The Small and the Mighty, by Sharon McMahon
In this book, McMahon looks at several people who made a difference in the lives of the people around them. A few are still relatively well known on the national stage; most have faded into obscurity. Some were focused more on their small corner of the world, even though their actions may have had larger Read More
Before Dorothy, by Hazel Gaynor
We all know the story: orphan Dorothy Gale lives with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry on their farm in Kansas, and her life is briefly interrupted when a tornado comes through. Well, that’s Dorothy’s version of the story, according to Frank L Baum. But what would it look like from another perspective? That is Read More
Melting Point, by Rachel Cockerell
This is not your standard family history. This is instead a book about history, and about how the author’s family fits into it. Cockerell has found an interesting way to present this history, by utilizing newspaper snippets, and the writings of famous participants in some of these historical events, and the writings about the famous Read More
As Various as Their Land, by Winifred Gallagher
The subtitle of this book is “The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-Century Americans”. This book is part of a series – “The Everyday Life in America Series”, which consists of six books, by as many authors, which start in “Early America” and go through 1945. Many of the other books discuss changes during and between different Read More
The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945, by Harvey Green
The author describes the changes in the United States that would have affected what life would have been like for our ancestors between 1915 and 1945. This book is part of a series – “The Everyday Life in America Series”, which consists of six books, by as many authors, which start in “Early America” and Read More
Victorian America, by Thomas J Schlereth
The author describes the changes in the United States that would have affected what life would have been like for our ancestors between 1876 and 1915. This book is part of a series – “The Everyday Life in America Series”, which consists of six books, by as many authors, which start in “Early America” and Read More
The Expansion of Everyday Life, 1860-1876, by Daniel Sutherland
The author describes what life would have been like for our ancestors between 1860 and 1876. This book is part of a series – “The Everyday Life in America Series”, which consists of six books, by as many authors, which start in “Early America” and go through 1945. This book is the third in the Read More
The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840, by Jack Larkin
The author describes what life would have been like for our ancestors between 1790 and 1840. That sounds somewhat mundane, but the amount of detail he is able to describe is amazing. Also, in that time span, there were quite a few changes to the way people lived. This book is part of a series Read More