Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands

by Clara Endicott Sears

Book Overview

In June of 1843, Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, both reformers involved in the Transcendentalist movement, founded Fruitlands in an attempt to strengthen their spirituality through self-reliant, simple living. Joinmed by their families and about a dozen other individuals, the Con-Sociate family (as they called themselves) was to bring about a new Eden by cultivating a mystical and scetic way of life in a rural retreat. Compiling, in their own words,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155709957X
• ISBN13: 9781557099570
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.1"