Thomas Parrish

Restoring Shakertown

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Founded in 1806, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, was a thriving community for much of the nineteenth century. Eventually, a steadily shrinking membership saw the gradual decline of this remarkable village, and the last remaining Shaker to reside at Pleasant Hill died in 1923. In 1961 local citizens formed a private not-for-profit organization to preserve and restore the village and interpret the rich heritage of the Pleasant Hill Shakers. Over several years, and against strong odds, this group succeeded in raising the needed money, and in 1968 eight buildings at Shakertown, carefully adapted for modern use, were opened to the publi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8131-2364-6
EAN: 9780813123646
Produktnummer: 1454624
Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 172 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.7 cm 503 g
Gewicht: 503

Über den Autor

Thomas Parrish has written a number of books on twentieth-century history, including Roosevelt and Marshall and The Submarine: A History. He is also author of The Grouchy Grammarian. He lives in Berea, Kentucky.