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Comment on Customs and fashions in old New England by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:26:19 +0000

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Lack of quality control makes this unreadable!, December 30, 2009

David (South Hamilton, MA, United States) -

This review is from: Customs and fashions in old New England (Paperback)

This is not a review of the contents of the book. Alice Morse Earle's work should be considered a national treasure.

This publisher, however, has merely run an Optical Character Recognition program on a scan of the original book done for Google. They warn you of this, both in the description above and on the back of the title page of the book.

I would have been willing to overlook an occasional typo or formatting problem, but this production is pitiful. The title on the cover is not capitalized correctly. Part of the title page has been incorporated into the title of Section 1. The policies and checkout slip for The University of California library have been left at the end of the book. On page 33 (which I chose at random) there are 23 typographical errors including lines split incorrectly and the words "P: tl" and "ii11inix(". Page 33 is in Section 2 which is entitled "COUKTSHIP AND MAEEIAGE CUSTOMS".

This lack of even the vestige of a discounted rumor of quality control is particularly irritating since AME quotes diaries and letters from the period with the variant spellings and punctuation common at the time. The lack of effort by the publisher makes the book irritating at best and unreadable in spots.

As a sop to those of us who either purchased the book or were given it as a gift, the publisher kindly gives us access to the original scan for free. But the original scan was done by Google not by the publisher. The truly sad thing is that there are other reprints available that are readable and inexpensive including a complete and searchable text file on line for free.

I consider the money spent on this book wasted except for the knowledge attained that this is a publisher to avoid. I am just amazed that they would have the gall to charge for such a slipshod production.

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Comment on Customs and fashions in old New England by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:11:19 +0000

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Comprehensive look at everyday life in the 17th/18th Century, October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Customs and Fashions in Old New England (Paperback)

Alice Morse Earle's work is a fascinating study of everyday life in 17th and 18th century New England and is recognized as one of the historical classics. She looks at child life, courtships, holidays, marriage, drinks, medicines, letters, sports and diversions. She makes use of diaries, letters, household inventories, and church records to write a history of this period. Earle's choice of topics combined with her melodic style of writing and pioneering use of first person accounts has resulted in a well documented, easily readable classic about our American past, well suited for the researcher and casual reader alike.

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Comment on Customs and fashions in old New England by David

David — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:14:28 +0000

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Comprehensive account of colonial New England domestic life, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Customs and Fashions in Old New England (Paperback)

First published in both England and American in 1893, Alice Morse Earle's work met with very positive reviews. She pioneered the use of diaries, chruch records, newspaper accounts, letters and household inventories in the preparation of this work. Her engaging writing style made her works very popular. She presents fascinating, unvarnished views of child life, travel, taverns, table plenishments, home interiors, courtship, marriage, sports, diversions, medicine along with funeral and burial customs. The reader will find this work humorous, entertaining, thoughtful and her subjects picturesque, bizarre and curious. To this unabridged text has been added a new introduction along with biographical material on and photograph of the author. This is a widely referenced, widely consulted classic.

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Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by FUNKYCHICKENgotSKILL

FUNKYCHICKENgotSKILL — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:51:01 +0000

its so bad it’s good!!

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by lienskonto

lienskonto — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:12 +0000

@michaelttanner Dont worry. Cash & friend like me lowe you!

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by Sandiforty

Sandiforty — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:33:03 +0000

im from what we call the old school and i agree THE NEW WORLD STINKS. God must be shaking his head and saying what have i done.

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by aerowayne4

aerowayne4 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:34:08 +0000

This song is a classic and this song will live as long as mankind is on this earth.

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Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by Name66X

Name66X — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:02:40 +0000

dont get me wrong this is a good song, but i like the Social Distortion one better.

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by DjCasadron

DjCasadron — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:10:18 +0000

JOHNNY WE MISS U!!!!!

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by Joshman3878

Joshman3878 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:48 +0000

This is the best song every i am 14 and i love JOHNNY CASH the new music stinks and the new world . :,( Love u Johnny !

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by ibrau

ibrau — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:29:39 +0000

@Joshman3878 Johnny Cash is where it’s at!

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by ibrau

ibrau — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:17:46 +0000

@michaelttanner well said sir. It’d be a better world if everybody did.

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by XDJX56

XDJX56 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:56:17 +0000

I HATE THE NEW WORLD

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by Unchartededge

Unchartededge — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:16:08 +0000

@michaelttanner same here my friend

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by blakewhitmore99

blakewhitmore99 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:02:40 +0000

So mark this is the only country I like , I usually like punk and grunge but johnny is amazing and social distortion made a great cover. R.I.p. johnny cash

Comment on Jones New York Women’s 3/4 Sleeve Double Collar Cuff Shirt, Freshblue, X-Large Reviews by C. Artuso

C. Artuso — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:41:38 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Must have!, October 17, 2007

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Comment on Jones New York Women’s 3/4 Sleeve Double Collar Cuff Shirt, Freshblue, X-Large Reviews by J. Hapitan

J. Hapitan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:47 +0000

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Sturdy and helpful, November 23, 2010

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Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by maddieandkkluv2sing

maddieandkkluv2sing — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:19 +0000

I heard this song today in class and now I’m in love with it ! Something about him draws me toward it haha… And it burns burns burns the ring of fire!! -3 RIP Johny Cash

Comment on Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire by ChrisSerino

ChrisSerino — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:20:45 +0000

my mother likes Johnny Cash she loved to sing a lot i here her she was very Wow