author
Alice Morse Earle
1851–1911
Best known for bringing colonial America to life through its homes, habits, and everyday objects, this lively historian wrote history that feels close-up and human. Her books turn old customs, gardens, clothing, and household routines into vivid stories about how people really lived.
12 Audiobooks
Sabbath in Puritan New England
by Alice Morse Earle
Colonial days in old New York
by Alice Morse Earle
Home Life in Colonial Days
by Alice Morse Earle
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
by Alice Morse Earle
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
by Alice Morse Earle
Stage-coach and Tavern Days
by Alice Morse Earle
Child Life in Colonial Days
by Alice Morse Earle
In old Narragansett; romances and realities
by Alice Morse Earle
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
by Alice Morse Earle
Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth
by Alice Morse Earle
Colonial dames and good wives
by Alice Morse Earle
China collecting in America
by Alice Morse Earle
About the author
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1851, Alice Morse Earle was an American writer and historian who focused on the daily life of early America rather than only its great events. She began publishing in the 1890s and became known for making the past feel tangible through the details of domestic life, craft, and custom.
Her work explored subjects that many historians of her time overlooked, including colonial clothing, child life, gardens, needlework, and household practices. That interest in ordinary experience helped make her books especially engaging, and it also gave later readers a richer picture of American social history.
Earle died in 1911 in Hempstead, New York, but her writing remains appealing because it is full of curiosity, vivid observation, and affection for the textures of everyday life. For listeners who enjoy history told through real rooms, real objects, and real routines, her work still has a welcoming charm.