A Young Shaker's Guide to Good Manners

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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"

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