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Book Details :
Published on: 1999-06-07
Released on: 1999-06-07
Original language: English

In Simple Gifts, June Sprigg tells the story of one of America's last Shaker communities--Canterbury Shaker Village, in Canterbury, New Hampshire--during its twilight years, and of its seven remarkable "survivor" women, who were among the last representatives of our longest-lived and best-known communal utopian society. As a college student Sprigg spent a summer among them, and here she gracefully interweaves the narrative of their lives with the broader history of Shakers in America as she shows us how her experiences there affected her own life and opened the door to her creativity. Gleaning information from old records and journals that she pored over that summer and later, Sprigg brings to life the generations of Canterbury Shakers from the eighteenth century to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. She also explores the social and cultural forces and the internal imperatives and tensions that caused membership to decrease, all of which, by 1972, brought the community to crisis.Chronicling the daily life of the village as she found it, Sprigg uncovers the affirming energies of the Shakers--the prominence of mutual love and respect, the devoted tradition of mothering surrogate children, and, above all, the surviving women's spirited eccentricities. She reveals the Shakers as individuals--their personal histories, their wildly different beginnings, what they gave up to join the Shaker community, and, more important, what they gained.Through her lively text and drawings and her intimate connection with the community, Sprigg brings us close to its people with a book that both enlightens and inspires.From the Hardcover edition. Kijiji: Free Classifieds in Canada. Find a job buy a car ... Visit Kijiji Classifieds to buy sell or trade almost anything! Used cars pets jobs services electronics homes boats for sale and more locally anywhere in Canada. Healthy Aging. The Premier Lifestyle Website for All Ages Latest Issue of Healthy Aging Magazine Published! JK Rowling Harry Potter author is feature profile. Inspirational story of overcoming adversity to success. Siding Contractors Residential Roofing Replacement ... Finding The Right Contractor Shouldn't Be Painful Doing the right home improvement or remodeling project can add real value to any type of home if done correctly and ... NECO Inc . - 3D Engineering Technology Prototyping 3D CAD Services Streamline Design Process. Neco Inc. of Denver Colorado provides 3D Computer Aided Design and support services primarily allied to the ... Master the Media Praise from ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer George Merlis knows everything about blasting through the background sound and making your point. He is not just a great ... McCormick-Allum Co. Contact. McCormick-Allum Co. Inc. 165 Stafford Street Springfield MA 01104. Tel: (413) 737-1196 Fax: (413) 731-7982 Health Yahoo Beauty This Dangerous Internet "Challenge" Is Back and Causing Kids to Seriously Burn and Scar Themselves Archives - Philly.com Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Bulletin of Primitive Technology Back Issues: Searchable ... The Bulletin of Primitive Technology Back Issues Tables of Contents from previous issues of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology. Looking for an article from a past ... Analytical Instrument Repair & Calibration Moyer Instruments Inc. offers repair or calibration of analytical laboratory instruments such as Spectrophotometers GC AA TGA TOC HPLC pH meters Analyzers ...
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