A Young Shaker's Guide to Good Manners

Book Overview

Modern-day readers will find amusement, as well as wisdom, in this charming, child-sized facsimile edition of the Shakers' 1844 "Juvenile Guide, or Manual of Good Manners," and many will treasure it as a fascinating glimpse into the lives of Shaker children in the nineteenth century. A foreword by the Shaker historian Flo Morse describes the vital role children played in Shaker communities. Celibate themselves, the Shakers hoped that the children...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881504181
• ISBN13: 9780881504187
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 6.8"