Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewThe dream of an ideal social order has inspired the formation of experimental communities in America since colonial times. One of the most successful of these was the Spirit Fruit Society, founded in the late 1890s by Jacob Beilhart. In 1901, after purchasing a small farm outside Lisbon, Ohio, the Spirit Fruit society settled into a peaceful and industrious, if morally unorthodox, way of life that won the bemused affection of their neighbors. Unfortunately, the society experienced throughout its existence hostility from journalists and, despite the agricultural and domestic skills possessed by its members, financial hardship. These factors, among others, precipitated moves to Illinois in 1904 and to California in 1914. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Roger GrantPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780875801377ISBN 10: 0875801374 Pages: 217 Publication Date: 01 August 1988 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1 Seeking Utopia 2 Jacob 3 Spirit Fruit 4 Joining Jacob 5 Lisbon 6 Chicago 7 Ingleside 8 Hilltop 9 Utopia is Possible Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationH. Roger Grant, Professor of History at Clemson University, is author of 23 books, most of them on railroad history. His earlier company histories cover the Chicago & North Western, the Chicago Great Western, the Erie Lackawanna, and the Wabash railroads. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
