The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of the American Myth toys an egg in a nest

an egg in a nest that transforms into a blue bird

Adamantine was 80 years old

and the charismatic but dangerous Stephen Guest

The terrifying secret will either tear the nation apart—or bring the survivors together to remake a shattered world

combining the softness of Alpaca with the memory and bounce of Wool

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of the American Myth toys an egg in a nestThey began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial Americaranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sockrelinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history. In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The objects Ulrich investigates unravel those simplified