What does the setting in this excerpt reveal about the culture of its people?
Read the excerpt from David Crockett: His Life and
Adventures by John S. C. Abbott.
The table was often a large slab of timber, hewn out
with a broad-axe, and supported by four stakes driven
into auger-holes. The table furniture consisted of a few
pewter dishes, with wooden plates and bowls. There
were generally a few pewter spoons, much battered
about the edges, but most of the spoons were of horn,
homemade. Crockery, so easily broken, was almost
unknown. Table knives were seldom seen. The
deficiency was made up by the hunting-knives which all
the men carried in sheaths attached to their hunting-
shirts.
O the beauty of frontier homes
O the importance of manners
O a lack of sophistication
O a love for family traditions