One Shaker Life
One Shaker Life

Author: Glendyne R. Wergland

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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A rare inside look at the life of an ordinary Shaker A member of the United Society of Believers, better known as the Shakers, Isaac Newton Youngs spent most of his life in New Lebanon, New York, home of the society's central Ministry. As both a private diarist and the official village scribe, he kept mericulous records throughout those years of both his own experience and that of the community. All told, more than four thousand pages of Brother Isaac's journals have survived, documenting the history of the Shakers during the period of their greatest success and providing a revealing view of the daily life of a rank-and-file Believer. In this deeply researched biography, Glendyne R. Wergland draws on Youngs's writings to tell his story and to explore the tension between desire and discipline at the center of his life.

The Book of Shaker Furniture
The Book of Shaker Furniture

Author: John Kassay

Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 9780870232756

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A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England

The Visionist
The Visionist

Author: Rachel Urquhart

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0316228095

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An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge -- but perhaps not -- in an 1840s Shaker community. After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father, she and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called the City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of "Visionist" and bringing renown to their settlements. The City of Hope has not yet been blessed with a Visionist, but that changes when Polly arrives and is unexpectedly exalted. As she struggles to keep her dark secrets concealed in the face of increasing scrutiny, Polly finds herself in a life-changing friendship with a young Shaker sister named Charity, a girl who will stake everything -- even her faith -- on Polly's honesty and purity.

Shaker
Shaker

Author: June Sprigg

Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781841880440

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Although only a handful of the Brothers and Sisters of America's unique Shaker community are left, the Shaker legacy lives on in the architecture, furniture, crafts and inventions they created. This text discusses the origins and beliefs, the work and daily life of these people.

A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Day No Pigs Would Die

Author: Robert Newton Peck

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2010-01-13

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0307574512

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Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.

Shaker--life, Work, and Art
Shaker--life, Work, and Art

Author: June Sprigg

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Discusses the Shaker's origins, beliefs, work, and daily life. Over 200 color photographs illustrate their architecture and furniture.

The Outsider
The Outsider

Author: Ann H. Gabhart

Publisher: Revell

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1585589535

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For as long as she can remember, Gabrielle Hope has had the gift of knowing--visions that warn of things to come. When she and her mother joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the community embraced her gift. But Gabrielle fears this gift, for the visions are often ones of sorrow and tragedy. When one of these visions comes to pass, a local doctor must be brought in to save the life of a young man, setting into motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to the Shakers. As she falls deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the world, Gabrielle must make a choice. Can she experience true happiness in this simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon her brothers and sisters for a life of the unknown? Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets readers live within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This tender and thought-provoking story will leave readers wanting more from this writer.

Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806–1907 Vol 1
Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806–1907 Vol 1

Author: GlendyneR Wergland

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 794

ISBN-13: 1351548859

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In 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.

The Shakers
The Shakers

Author: Amy Stechler

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780517033098

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Highly pictorial presentation of "the history and vision of the United Society of Believers in Christ's second appearing from 1774 to the present."