{"id":655,"date":"2020-02-17T06:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T14:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=655"},"modified":"2020-02-16T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T18:50:55","slug":"50-things-you-didnt-know-about-colonial-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-colonial-america\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know about Colonial America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50thingscolonialamerica-595x595.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10683\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781634407960?aff=anasuen09\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indiebound.org\/files\/indiebound\/images\/banners\/indiesRed2_161x41_10-26-15.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Support Independent Bookstores - Visit IndieBound.org\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SOoKN7\">50 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know about Colonial America<\/a><br \/>\nby Sean O&#8217;Neill (Author \/ Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong>  Discover some of the most amazing and amusing facts about life in Colonial America and how they survived it all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet: 38<\/strong> Before becoming father of our country, thirteen-year-old George Washington wrote &#8220;Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company.&#8221; One rule: &#8220;In the presence of others, sing not to yourself, nor drum your fingers or feet.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know about Colonial America by Sean O&#8217;Neill (Author \/ Illustrator) Booktalk: Discover some of the most amazing and amusing facts about life in Colonial America and how they survived it all. 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