Shaker children
Subtitle: true stories and crafts : 2 biographies and 30 activities
By: Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press; Chicago Review Pr
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Briggs, Nicholas.; Potter, Anita.; Briggs, Nicholas.; Potter, Anita.; Shakers -- New Hampshire -- Canterbury -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Hancock -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Shakers.; Children -- New Hampshire -- Canterbury -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Children -- Massachusetts -- Hancock -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Decorative arts, Shaker -- Juvenile literature.; Decorative arts.
Description: Describes the Shaker lifestyle through true stories of Nicholas Briggs and Anita Potter, two children who lived with them, one in the 1850s, the other in the 1920s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122).