Lowell mill girls and/or Shakers?

Catlady · 12-17-2016, 10:53 AM

Having recently read Kate Alcott's novel The Daring Ladies of Lowell and Rachel Urquhart's novel The Visionist, I'd like to read more about the Lowell mill girls and the Shakers, preferably fiction. Long ago I read Call the Darkness Light, by Nancy Zaroulis, but that's the only book I can think of that matches what I'm looking for.

All I'm finding are romances, and that's not what I want. Anyone have any recommendations?

issybird · 12-17-2016, 10:59 AM

I know you prefer fiction, but I liked A New England Girlhood by Lucy Larcom, a memoir by a mill girl, IIRC.

issybird · 12-17-2016, 11:07 AM

I'm slow on the uptake this morning, but I'm struggling with the concept of a "Shaker romance."

Catlady · 12-17-2016, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

I'm slow on the uptake this morning, but I'm struggling with the concept of a "Shaker romance."

Forbidden romance, of course! See Ann H. Gabhart's Shaker series.

P.S. Thanks for the recommendation of the Lucy Larcom book; I downloaded it at LibriVox

12-17-2016, 10:53 AM	#1
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,418 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Lowell mill girls and/or Shakers? Having recently read Kate Alcott's novel The Daring Ladies of Lowell and Rachel Urquhart's novel The Visionist, I'd like to read more about the Lowell mill girls and the Shakers, preferably fiction. Long ago I read Call the Darkness Light, by Nancy Zaroulis, but that's the only book I can think of that matches what I'm looking for. All I'm finding are romances, and that's not what I want. Anyone have any recommendations?

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issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,294 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I know you prefer fiction, but I liked A New England Girlhood by Lucy Larcom, a memoir by a mill girl, IIRC.

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issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,294 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I'm slow on the uptake this morning, but I'm struggling with the concept of a "Shaker romance."

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