The Gift to Be Simple: A Garland for Ann Lee (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780871401038)

Through lyric and narrative sequences of great variety, Robert Peters becomes Ann Lee, the Mother Founder of the Shakers. He imaginatively relives her extraordinary life, from her childhood to her arrival with the first Shakers in American two hundred years ago. Visionary, full of craft and song, The Gift to Be Simple is a poem made of poems that stand on their own. Taken as a whole, they make a reading experience of unforgettable vividness.

Author: Robert Peters
ISBN-10: 0871401037
ISBN-13: 9780871401038
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1975
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.37w x 0.40d