Alice Morse Earle

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Alice Morse Earle


Born
in Worcester, Massachusetts, The United States
April 27, 1851

Died
February 16, 1911


Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massachusetts. She was christened Mary Alice by her parents Edwin Morse and Abby Mason Clary. On 15 April 1874, she married Henry Earle of New York, changing her name from Mary Alice Morse to Alice Morse Earle. Her writings, beginning in 1890, focussed on small sociological details rather than grand details, and thus are invaluable for modern sociologists. She wrote a number of books on colonial America (and especially the New England region) such as Curious Punishments of Bygone Days. She was a passenger aboard the RMS Republic when, while in a dense fog, that ship collided with the SS Florida. During the transfer of passengers, Alice fell into the water. Her near drown ...more

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Home Life in Colonial Days

3.79 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1898 — 170 editions
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Curious Punishments of Bygo...

3.56 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1896 — 101 editions
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Child Life in Colonial Days

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3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1889 — 131 editions
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Sabbath in Puritan New England

3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1891 — 143 editions
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Customs And Fashions In Old...

3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1893 — 144 editions
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Stage-coach & tavern days

3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1900
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Colonial Days in Old New York

3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1899 — 75 editions
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Old Time Gardens

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Home and Child Life in Colo...

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Colonial Dames And Good Wives

4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1988 — 75 editions
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“Every day may not be good...
but there's something good in every day”
Alice Morse Earle

“The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.”
Alice Morse Earle

“Everyday may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.”
Alice Morse Earle

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