Ann the Word The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed with the Sun

This first serious biography of the leader of the Shaking Quakers, a religious cult known for erratic fits of divine shaking, passionate song and dance and speaking in tongues, follows her ambitious mission of conversation after she received the revelation that she was Ann the Word, the female embodiment of Christ. 15,000 first printing.