A Young Shaker's Guide to Good Manners: A Facsimile of a Juvenile Guide, or Manual of Good Manners, Consisting of Counsels, Instructions & Rules of Deportment, for the Young by Lovers of you - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0881504181 ISBN 13 : 9780881504187

Editeur : Countryman Press Inc., 1998

Synopsis

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 they adopted into their midst would carry on the faith; they also valued their hard work and high spirits--as long as those spirits were well directed. Children were expected to be respectful to elders, to practice simplicity and thrift in all things, and to be clean and orderly. Nevertheless, the Shakers reared their adopted children with gentleness and kind humor; this book reveals the simple wisdom that is their lasting legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Flo Morse, a former writer for the New York Herald Tribune, has been called “a caring spokesperson” for the Shaker community. She lives with her family in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Countryman Press Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0881504181
• ISBN 13: 9780881504187
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Éditeur: Lovers Of Youth, Morse Flo, Newton Vincent
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible