O Sisters Ain't You Happy?
Title | O Sisters Ain't You Happy? PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne R. Thurman |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2001-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780815629344 |
In her account of the founding, golden years, and eventual demise of the two Massachusetts villages, Thurman (history, U. of Alabama- Huntsville) augments the narrative history with discussion of how gender, family, and community functioned in them. They were founded by English-born visionary Ann Lee. She called her sect the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but they were commonly known as Shakers or Believers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Gift to be Simple
Title | The Gift to be Simple PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Deming Andrews |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1967-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780486200224 |
Features the songs, dances, rituals of American Shakers -- only authoritative account. Origin, development, notation, dance figures. Includes 80 songs in notation and 17 illustrations.
As it is in Heaven
Title | As it is in Heaven PDF eBook |
Author | Arlene Hutton |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780822218609 |
THE STORY: A religious community is changed when a non-believer has an ecstatic experience. The 1830's Shaker society of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, is set in ordered ways. Their once dramatic form of worship has by now developed into routine. The arr
Life in the Hills of Kentucky
Title | Life in the Hills of Kentucky PDF eBook |
Author | William Eleazar Barton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Kentucky |
ISBN |
The Wind-up of the Big Meetin' on No Bus'ness
Title | The Wind-up of the Big Meetin' on No Bus'ness PDF eBook |
Author | William Eleazar Barton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | American fiction |
ISBN |
Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart, The
Title | Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart, The PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Phillips |
Publisher | Bethany House |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0764227025 |
Katie and Mayme face new challenges to their safety and the survival of the plantation. Shenandoah Sisters book 3.
Women Playwrights
Title | Women Playwrights PDF eBook |
Author | D. L. Lepidus |
Publisher | Smith & Kraus |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781575253657 |