Social life and customs

Rebel Angels

Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.

19th century, Boarding schools, England, fiction, Magic

Fic
Bra

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and a

19th century, Boarding schools, England, fiction, Magic

Fic
Bra

Gorilla, My Love

Toni Cade Bambara

African Americans, fiction, New York (N.Y.), Social life and customs

Fic
Bam

Life in the American Colonies

Ruth Dean

Discusses the day-to-day aspects of country and city life in the American colonies for a variety of people including members of different professions, specific immigrant groups, and slaves.

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, History, Social life and customs, To 1775, To 1865

973.2
Dea

The Perfect Storm

Sebastian Junger

Andrea Gail (Boat), Fisheries, Gloucester (Mass.), History, Natural disasters

974.45
Jun

The River Between Us

Richard Peck

During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

1778-1865, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Family life, fiction

FIC
P

Slumps, Grunts, and Snickerdoodles

Lila Perl

Examines the diets and culinary innovations of the American colonists and gives thirteen colonial recipes, including succotash, snickerdoodles, and spoon bread.

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Cookery, American, Social life and customs, United States, United States - Social life and customs - Co 3> V :18