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OverviewIn the late eighteenth century a small Shaker community travelled to America under the leadership of ‘Mother Ann’ Lee. The American communities they founded were based on ideals of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts included in this edition come from first-hand accounts of life in the Shaker communities during the nineteenth century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glendyne R Wergland , Christian GoodwilliePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032918891ISBN 10: 1032918896 Pages: 540 Publication Date: 14 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsCalvin Green, ‘Biographic Memoir’ MS (1861), continued; Rhoda Blake, ‘A Sketch of the Life and Experience of Rhoda Blake’ (1864); Freegift Wells, Watervliet, New York (1865); Ruth Scott Testimony, as related by Freegift Wells, Watervliet, New York (1865), excerpt; Jane E. S. Blanchard, Enfield, New Hampshire (1868); Marie Wheeler, ‘A Biographical Sketch’ (c. 1870); Autobiographical Letter of Sarah Bates to Ministry, New Lebanon, New York (1870); Cassandana Brewster, ‘Book of Remembrance’, Hancock, Massachusetts (1870); Hannah Bronson Obituary, Canterbury, New Hampshire (1870); Sarah Bates, ‘A Few Words, of My Belief in a Christian Life, or Shakerism’, New Lebanon, New York (1871); Eliza Sharp, ‘Experience of a Veteran Sister’, New Lebanon, New York (1879); Giles Bushnell Avery, Autobiography [written in 1880] (1891); Mary Antoinette Doolittle, Autobiography (1880); Jane D. Knight, Brief Narrative of Events Touching Various Reforms (1880); Elmira Allard, ‘Autobiography’, Enfield, New Hampshire (1885); George M. Wickersham, How I Came to be a Shaker (1891); [Julia Johnson], ‘Reminiscences of Shaker Life’, Tyringham and Hancock, Massachusetts (1899); Julia Johnson, ‘Among the Shakers’ (c. 1889); Julia Johnson, ‘Tyringham, Mass.’ (1899); Mary Hazard, ‘Autobiography’, Shaker Manifesto (1899); Abraham Perkins, ‘Autobiography’, Enfield, New Hampshire (1899); Daniel Fraser, Witness of Daniel Fraser ([1901]); Henry Clay Blinn, ‘Autobiographical Notes’, In Memoriam Elder Henry C. Blinn 1824–1902 (1905); Alonzo Hollister, ‘Reminiscences by a Soldier of the Cross’ (1907); Mary L. Wilson, ‘Notes about Sarah F. Wilson’, Canterbury, New Hampshire (1935)ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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