Outhouses in the Good Old Days 1983 Author:Evelyn Griggs Schoolcraft, None Outhouses,privies, backhouses, necessaries ~ call them what you will, but with each one that topples, a fragment of Americana disappears. In the not too distant future, youngsters will ask, "An outhouse....what's that?" and harried mothers will adjure them to "look it up at the library." — The following pages combine history, humor, and nostalgi... more »a, for in a few years only in pages such as these will you be able to meander down that path behind the house to that little old shanty, once an institution in every home in the land.« less