ICK yuck eew our GROES AMERICAN HISTORY LOIS MINER HUEy MILBROOK PRESS MINNEAPOLis
INTRODUCTION the yucky past HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TAKE A TRIP IN A TIME MACHINE You'd set it for say 1770 You'd visit an early American city ride a horse along cobblestone streets go to a fancy ball and grab a bite to eat
THINK AGAIN What was life back then really like Let's take a look at some of the gross things in the past including smells bugs diseases clothing and hair These alone will make you realize you couldn't stand to be there You'll land in the month of June in a city populated mostly by white settlers You'll meet wealthy people and middle class folks You probably won't spot any Native Americans there but you'll see some black slaves who work as house servants and in shops The slaves share many of the same yucky habits as their masters of course You may notice a lot of things are not what you expected Some of them might be upsetting This was a time when black people were enslaved People sometimes suffered greatly from diseases that we can now easily and painlessly cure Other things may not be upsetting but they sure will be gross And that's what this journey is all about As a visitor from the future you'll have the special ability to blend in as needed so that you don't call too much attention to yourself People will be happy to talk with you but they'll have no idea just how different from them you really are So get ready for a whole lot of ick yuck and eew
