Shetlanders by Penny Post [paperback] : The Matthewson Family Letters, 1850-1880
Carpenter, Kenneth E
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Shetlanders by Penny Post: The Mathewson Family Letters, 1850-1880 makes vivid the lives of the Mathewsons and their neighbours during a period of social and economic transition. Steam was replacing sail, but light at home was still provided by paraffin oil lamps. The telegraph reached Yell, and a weekly newspaper had begun; yet daily lives remained much as they had been. Most people still relied on obtaining their food primarily from the sea, the soil, and the animals they raised. Summers were for work; winters were the time of weddings and visits. Family members, writing roughly on a schedule, sent long letters back and forth, and the British government delivered them on schedule. To an extent that is perhaps unique, this book makes visible the daily events, struggles, and emotional lives of ordinary people two centuries ago. The reader comes to know them and their world intimately.
Main title:
Shetlanders by Penny Post [paperback] : The Matthewson Family Letters, 1850-1880 / Kenneth E. Carpenter.
Author:
Carpenter, Kenneth E, author
Imprint:
Lerwick, Shetland : Shetland Times Ltd, 2024
Collation:
440 pages ; 24cm.
Notes:
Contains a personal name index and a place name index.
ISBN:
9781910997574 (pbk)
Dewey class:
929.2
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Mathewson Family
BRN:
4013950
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