Stage-Coach and Tavern DaysA comprehensive study, both light-hearted and serious, of the enormous role of taverns and modes of travel in colonial culture. Some of the chapters discuss the Puritan ordinary, the tavern landlord, tavern fare and tavern ways, signs and symbols, the tav |
Contents
The Puritan Ordinary | 1 |
Oldtime Taverns | 30 |
The Tavern Landlord | 62 |
Tavern Fare and Tavern Ways | 76 |
Killdevil and its Affines | 100 |
Small Drink | 108 |
Signs and Symbols | 138 |
The Tavern in | 170 |
Two Stage Veterans of Massachusetts XIV A Staging Centre XV The Stagedriver Page | 291 |
I | 294 |
62 | 303 |
0 | 304 |
291 | 308 |
The Pains of Stagecoach Travel | 361 |
Knights of the Road | 373 |
Tavern Ghosts | 409 |
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