The story of the Shakers

Author(s)

• Morse, Flo

Bibliographic Information

The story of the Shakers

Flo Morse

Countryman Press, c1986

• : pbk

Note

"Reprint of two selections from the author's Yankee communes: The Shakers : hands to work and hearts to God and The Shakers : the gift of community" -- t.p. verso

With new foreword and afterword

Bibliography: p. 97-104

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Ms. Morse, a former writer for the New York Herald Tribune, is the author of The Shakers and the World's People, a comprehensive, widely praised documentary history. Of her work on the Shakers, Commonweal wrote: "Fascinating material. Superbly described." Kirkus Reviews commented, the Shakers have "a caring spokesperson in Flo Morse."

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Details

• NCID: BA45109061
• ISBN:
  • 0881500623
• LCCN: 85031430
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Woodstock, Vt.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 109 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX9771
  • DC19 : 289/.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shakers