The Shaker village / Raymond Bial.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bial, Raymond.

Standardized Title:

Shaker home

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakers--United States--Juvenile literature.

Shakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Shakers -- officially known as The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing -- were, at their peak, a small but thriving Christian sect that lived in private, rural communities throughout the eastern United States. Only a handful of practicing Shakers remain, making it more important than ever to document their rich past and continuing influence. In The Shaker Village, author Raymond Bial depicts how the Shakers have lived, worked, worshiped, and evolved. His concise text and impressive photography, which features Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, compose a volume

Contents:

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FURTHER READING; SHAKER HISTORIC RESOURCES

Notes:

Rev. ed. of : Shaker home. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

ISBN:

0-8131-5008-6

1-283-23247-2

9786613232472

0-8131-2924-9