Indian Shakers

“As a history and ethnography of the Shaker movement, I predict that Barnett’s book will stand as a classic for years to come.”—E. Z. Vogt, American Sociological Review

“The work is superb from the thorough description of Shaker doctrine and ritual to the minute dissection of traits and the proper allotment of their historic source, insofar as this is possible.”—F. W. Voget, American Anthropologist

“A fascinating story . . . of a cult com­pounded of native religion and Christian­ity, to this day possessing churches throughout the Northwest.”—Nat Honig, Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram