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A superb reference for writers, researchers, students and teachers, this dictionary-style book illuminates everyday life in the 1800s, decade by decade. Readers will find hundreds of otherwise obscure facts about: * Popular slang--from the range to the underworld* How to furnish a farmhouse or outfit a barn* How much it cost for a shot of whiskey or to mail a letter* Styles of the fashionable--and not so fashionable* Courtship and marriage rituals* Popular food and drink--including brand names* And much, much more!

The book for when you know what it is, but not what it's called.

This reference tool is a combination of a reverse dictionary, a thesaurus and a visual dictionary without pictures. It follows a thematic arrangement to aid readers who are searching for the ideal word when they need a descriptive or technical term, and know the subject but not the word.