Bibliograph

Simple gifts, a memoir of a Shaker village, by June Sprigg ; with illustrations by the author

Type

Label

Simple gifts, a memoir of a Shaker village, by June Sprigg ; with illustrations by the author

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Simple gifts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by June Sprigg ; with illustrations by the author

Review

Tells the story of one of America's last Shaker communities 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

Sub title

a memoir of a Shaker village

Table Of Contents

"I was a teenage Shaker" -- Gus and Alice -- Memorial Day -- Lillian, Bertha, and Eldress Gertrude -- June -- Alice and Ethel -- July -- Miriam and Mildred -- August -- Simple gifts

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