This article has been making the rounds in the living history community online, through sharing this first 2 paragraphs we hope to direct you to the original author’s writing as it is quite interesting!

By Nathaniel Killbuck

I figured I check in to see what everyone’s favorite Mike Burke impersonator Nicholas Cresswell was doing on his journey. Cresswell is one of my favorite Journals of the 18th century. It has everything observations on local color, clothing, and he goes thru all of the 3 stages of the 18th century journal.

What I’m referring to is the basic stage process you find in most 18th century narratives. Stage 1: is the start Tons of food, see a lot of game, world is great. Stage 2: flour starts to run out, someone gets sick/injured maybe it starts to rain Stage 3: no bread for days, you might die, you have no shoes and all paths are covered with legos.