Author

Publication

1987 - Unicorn Press, Greensboro, NC, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

31,500 words, Guess

Page Count

126 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL2731007M
  • ISBN-100877752001
  • OCLC Control Number14588792
  • Library of Congress Control Number86025084
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  • LibraryThing4799498

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3566.E756 S5 1987

Description

**SHAKER lIGHT**recounts the harrowing experineces of the English Mystic Ann Lee and her small sect during the months following their arrival in America to found the Shaker religion. This book continues Ann Lee's life after the earlier **THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE** (Liveright, 1975). The vicissitudes of survival, the first colony, and the eventual death of Mother Ann at the hands of bigoted mobs provide the framework for the book

Subjects

Topics

PoetryLee, Ann, 1736-1784 -- Poetry.

Times

Last years of her life from 1775-1784

Other Editions

  • Shaker light: mother Ann Lee in AmericaUnicorn Press1987-01-01

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