The Pageant in Quest of Freedom: The Settlement and Activities of the Quakers in the White-Water Valley; The Founding and Development of Earlham College (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Walter Carleton Woodward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484697250 ISBN 13: 9780484697255

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Quest for Freedom on stage: a historically grounded pageant about Quaker settlement, education, and the founding of Earlham College, told through dramatic scenes and collective memory.

This book-length pageant blends historical narrative with performative moments, guiding readers through the settlement and activities of Quakers in the White-Water Valley and the founding and development of Earlham College. It weaves together the voices of abolitionist figures, early Friends, campus founders, and symbolic figures like Freedom, Justice, and Peace, to explore how faith, education, and social ideals shaped a new American community.

• The pageant presents key episodes from Quaker life and the Indiana settlement, including encounters between Friends and broader society.
• It frames the founding of Earlham as a vision where Enlightenment, service, and learning merge to form a modern college mission.
• The text uses dramatic scenes and choral moments to convey themes of liberty, inner light, and community responsibility.
• Readers get a sense of the cultural and historical context that influenced Quaker education and reform movements.

Ideal for readers of historical drama, Quaker history, and regional American studies, this edition offers a vivid glimpse into a distinctive era of faith-based education and social change.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484697250
• ISBN 13: 9780484697255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 46