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- 160 pages
- More than 50 black-and-white photos
- Reinforced library binding
- 6" x 9"
- Bibliography
- Index
- Grades 5 and up
- ISBN: 1-881508-47-1
- $19.95
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This book explains a little known facet of American history in
easy to understand terms. Highly Recommended.
Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium
What would your perfect society be like? Read about seven people who
tried to create a utopian existence for themselves and their followers.
Features Ann Lee and Joseph Meacham and the Shakers; Inspirationist
Christian Metz and the Amana Colonies; George Rapp, founder
of the Harmony Society; Robert Owen, who acquired the Harmony settlement
to begin his own utopian experiment; George Ripley of Brook Farm;
John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida community; and Katherine
Tingley, leader of the Theosophical Society.
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