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The American Child
Elizabeth McCracken
132 pages~2 hr 37 min read19 chapters$4.99
At home, at play, in country and city: Elizabeth McCracken went looking for the American child and reported what she found. Her observant essays portray childhood across the nation's households in the early 1900s, drawn from real visits and conversations. Sociology with a storyteller's touch. Meet the children of a century ago.
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19 chapters
- 1PREFACE
- 2CONTENTS
- 3INTRODUCTION
- 4ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS THREE SMALL GIRLS THE BOY OF THE HOUSE "DID YOU PLAY IT THIS WAY?" THE DEAR DELIGHTS OF PLAYING ALONE "THE CHILDREN—THEY ARE SUCH DEARS" A SMALL COUNTRY BOY ARRAYED IN SPOTLESS WHITE THEY PAINT PICTURES AS A REGULAR PART OF THEIR SCHOOL ROUTINE THEY DO SO MANY THINGS! THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS! THE STORY HOUR IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM THE CHILDREN'S EDITION IN THE INFANT CLASS "DO YOU LIKE MY NEW HYMN?" CHILDREN GO TO CHURCH
- 6INTRODUCTION
- 7I
- 8THE CHILD AT HOME
- 9II
- 10THE CHILD AT PLAY
- 11III
- 12THE COUNTRY CHILD
- 13IV
- 14THE CHILD IN SCHOOL
- 15V
- 16THE CHILD IN THE LIBRARY
- 17VI
- 18THE CHILD IN CHURCH
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