Shakers Guide to Good Manners
Author(s): Flo Morse
"Never make more free with your inferiors than you are willing they should make with you; it learns them to be saucy." Such sage words of advice come from Mother Ann Lee's Society of the Shakers, who in 1844 published A Juvenile Guide, or Manual of Good Manners, Consisting of Counsels, Instructions, & Rules of Deportment for the Young. Known for their piety, their economy, and (perhaps most famously) their celibacy, the Shakers knew a thing or two about etiquette and proper decorum. With this incredible artifact of a bygone era, you can experience what it was like to live in a rural 19th century religious community, where children were taught to "be careful not to talk too loud, nor too much" and to "always have a place for every thing, and keep every thing in its place."
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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
General Fields
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- : WW Norton & Co
- : Countryman Press Inc.
- : 0.2
- : 01 March 2017
- : 173mm X 145mm X 12mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Flo Morse
- : Hardback
- : 96
- : 25 b&w photographs