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Partial Book List

Growing Up Shaker by Sister Francis A. Carr

There has been a tremendous amount of information published about the Shakers. This bibliography does not attempt to be a complete listing of all known Shaker citations, but rather a starting point for those interested in learning more about the Shakers.

All the following citations are available for sale at the Enfield Shaker Museum Store. If you are not close enough to visit us, we will be glad to mail order any title to you. Click a topic in the list below, or scroll down to view all listings:

• General information
• Children's books
• Food and cooking
• Herbs and gardening
• Music, song and dance
• Textiles
• Woodworking

General information

Andrews, Edward D. and Andrews, Faith
Work & Worship Among the Shakers
Dover Publications, N.Y., 1982

Andrews, Edward D.
The People Called Shakers
Dover Publications, N.Y., 1963

Carr, Sister Frances A.
Growing Up Shaker
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1995

Lossing, Benson John, Edited by Gifford, Don, Foreward by Sprigg, June
An Early View of the Shakers
University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H., 1989

The Athea: Spirit of Truth by Aurelia G. Mace

Mace, Aurelia G.
The Aletheia, Spirit of Truth
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1992

Mahoney, Kathleen
Simple Wisdom. Shaker Sayings, Poems and Songs
Penguin Press, N.Y., 1993

Morse, Flo
The Shakers & the World's People
University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H., 1987

Morse, Flo
The Story of the Shakers
Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vt., 1986

Promey, Sally M.
Spiritual Spectacles, Vision and Image in Mid 19th Century Shakerism
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Ind., 1993

Sprigg, June and Larkin, David
Shaker: Life, Work, & Art
Stewart Tabori & Chang, N.Y., 1987

Sprigg, June
By Shaker Hands
University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H., 1990

Stein, Stephen J.
The Shaker Experience in America
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1992

Van Kolken, Diana and Kuhlman, William A. Illustrator
Introducing the Shakers: An Explanation & Directory
Gabriel's Horn Press, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1985

Shaker Boy by Mary Lyn Ray

White, Anna and Taylor, Leila S.
Shakerism, Its Meaning & Message
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1991

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Children's books

Ray, Mary Lyn
Shaker Boy
Harcourt and Brace, N.Y. 1994

Turner, Ann
Shaker Hearts
Harper Collins, 1997

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Food and cooking

Shaker Your Plate: of Shaker Cooks & Cooking by Sister Francis A. Carr

Carr, Sister Frances A.
Shaker Your Plate: Of Shaker Cooks & Cooking
University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H., 1987

Miller, Amy Bess and Fuller, Persis
The Best of Shaker Cooking
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Mass., 1985

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Herbs and gardening

Beale, Galen and Boswell, Mary Rose
The Earth Shall Blossom
Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vt., 1991

Donaldson, Stephanie
The Shaker Garden
Trafalgar Square Publishing, Vt., 2000

Foley, Daniel
Herbs for Use and for Delight
Dover Publications, N.Y., 1974

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Music, song and dance

Andrews, Edward D.
The Gift to Be Simple: Songs, Dances & Rituals of the American Shakers
Dover Publications, N.Y., 1940

Original Inspirational Shaker Music by The North Family

North Family, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.
Original Inspirational Shaker Music
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1995

North Family, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.
Original Shaker Music Volume II
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1995

Patterson, Daniel W.
The Shaker Spiritual
Dover Publications. N.Y., 2000

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Textiles

Gordon, Beverly
Shaker Textile Arts
University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H., 1980

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Woodworking

The Shaker Legacy by Christian Becksvoort

Becksvoort, Christian
Shaker Legacy
Taunton Press, Newtown, Conn., 1998

Handberg, Ejner
Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, Volume I
Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, Mass., 1991

Handberg, Ejner
Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, Volume II
Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, Mass., 1991

Handberg, Ejner
Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, Volume III
Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, Mass., 1991

Handberg, Ejner
Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware
Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, Mass., 1991

Kennedy, Gerrie; Beale, Galen and Johnson, Jim
Shaker Baskets and Poplarware: A Field Guide Volume III
Berkshire House, Stockbridge, Mass., 1992

Moser, Thomas
How to Build Shaker Furniture
Sterling Publishing, N.Y., 1977

Sprigg, June and Johnson, Jim
Shaker Woodenware: A Field Guide Volume II
Berkshire House, Stockbridge, Mass., 1991

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