ePub Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It by John Ferling in History

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Part memoir; part micro-history; this is an exploration of the present through the lens of the past. We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken; but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world? From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles; custard recipes to taxidermy experiments; oil lamps to an ice box; Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman decided to explore nineteenth-century culture and technologies from the inside out. Even the deepest aspects of their lives became affected; and the more immersed they became in the late Victorian era; the more aware they grew of its legacies permeating the twenty-first century. Most of us have dreamed of time travel; but what if that dream could come true? Certain universal constants remain steady for all people regardless of time or place. No matter where; when; or who we are; humans share similar passions and fears; joys and triumphs. In her first book; Victorian Secrets; Chrisman recalled the first year she spent wearing a Victorian corset 24/7. In This Victorian Life; Chrisman picks up where Secrets left off and documents her complete shift into living as though she were in the nineteenth century.