Author: June Sprigg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: design, shaker
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 1988-09-17
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0393305449
ISBN-13: 9780393305449
Having lived and worked with surviving Shakers of Maine and New Hampshire, June Sprigg has drawn objects from forty collections to celebrate the Shaker tradition.
Author: LeAnne Howe
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
Keywords: shaker, shell
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1879960613
ISBN-13: 9781879960619
Why was Red Shoes, the most formidable Choctaw warrior of the eighteenth century, assassinated by his own people? Why does his death haunt Auda Billy, an Oklahoma Choctaw woman, accused in 1991 of murdering Choctaw Chief Redford McAlester? Moving between the known details of Red Shoes’ life and the riddle of McAlester’s death, this novel traces the history of the Billy women whose destiny it is to solve both murders--with the help of a powerful spirit known as the Shell Shaker.
Author: Ann Warren Turner
Publisher: David R Godine
Keywords: hearts, shaker
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1567922317
ISBN-13: 9781567922318
The religious sect known as Shakers, who at their height (ca. 1825) probably only numbered around 4000, has always exerted a profound influence on the American imagination. Perhaps it was their simplicity, or their celibacy, or their strict rules for communal living, but while other utopian communities have long since been forgotten, the Shakers live on. Founded by Mother Ann Lee in the eighteenth century, they soon had active communities throughout the Midwest and as far south as Kentucky. Dedicated to serving God, they lived simple, agrarian lives in harmony with the changing seasons, conten
Author: Kerry Pierce
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Keywords: way, shaker, shelving, amp, storage
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2009-02-16
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1558708545
ISBN-13: 9781558708549
The Shakers mastered the art of wooden storage systems like nobody else, ever. In large part, this mastery was the inevitable result of a philosophical approach to life that mandated cleanliness and organization. Storage systems that could keep clutter out of sight--and easily accessible - were the subject of a good deal of imaginative Shaker thought. Now, with this helpful guide, you can achieve you own simple and beautiful storage solutions in the Shaker style. This guide provides step-by-step instructions along with helpful hand-drawn illustrations, allowing you to create your own amazing S
Author: John Kassay
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Keywords: furniture, shaker, book
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1980-06
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0870232754
ISBN-13: 9780870232756
Author: Beverly Gordon
Publisher: UPNE
Keywords: arts, textile, shaker
Number of Pages: 343
Published: 1980-03-15
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 0874512425
ISBN-13: 9780874512427
A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.
Author: Bruce T. Marshall
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, heights, shaker
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-07-31
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738540501
ISBN-13: 9780738540504
Shaker Heights achieved international renown in the early 20th century as an enclave for wealthy residents—a city of stunning homes, substantial green space, an excellent school system, and attentive municipal services. Cleveland entrepreneurs O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen established Shaker Heights as a haven from the stresses of city life and claimed a connection with previous residents of this land, the North Union settlement of Shakers. Shaker communities sought to create paradise on earth by living communally and focusing on the life of the spirit. Buyers in Shaker Heights were assured
