Summary

Topics covered;Before there was a villageThe farm as a self-sufficient unitThe family house - the role of the mother, father and childrenThe neighborhoodThe sharing of resourcesThe growth of the villageThe gristmillThe sawmillThe General StoreThe CraftspeopleThe village professionalsThe teacherThe preacherThe printerThe doctorThe apothecaryThe village schoolThe village churchThe community beesVillage pleasures and pastimesThe inns and tavernsThe holiday celebrationsThe growth of the village