Paid much attention to dyer. They thought she was a crackpot, a lewin tuck. Who would write lunatic. Who would write books for 50 years decrying the shakers . Models of new england farm life and history. Yet as i read her text, i realized this isnt a woman whos insane, this is a woman whos angry. This was a woman who was placed in an untenable position as a woman in American Society in the first decades of the 19th century. The more i read, the more i realized this was more to this story than an angry woman trying to retrieve her children. Mary and joseph dyer were New Hampshire farmers living in the earliest years of the 19th century. At that time New Hampshire, especially in the far north, was still a frontier. And they were seeking security in an uncertain world. And they found it in religion. They became early converts to the religious group known as the shakers. The shakers are an american communal sectarian group. They are protestant in their orientation. They live separate from
Some of these authors have a will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on our website, booktv. Org. Often i think of the beautiful town that is seated by the sea and often in fossil upanddown the pleasant streets of that town and my youth comes back to me. Welcome to portland, maine, on booktv. Located on a peninsula, it was the original capital of maine and started as a fishing and trading village. Today its the largest city in the state with a population of about 66,000. It still has strong ties to its maritime history with lobstering and tourism in its largest economic drivers. With help of our spectrum Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes will feature the areas history and literary community. Whitney kent are special feature on portland with a history of lobstering industry. We begin our special feature. Over here is my gps and radar. So and thought it helps us figure out where we are. I dont mark my traps with the gps. I i kind of do it by feel. Look at that bad boy. Its a