The Worthy Virgins: Mary Purnell and her City of David

The Worthy Virgins: Mary Purnell and her City of David

Authors

Julieanna Frost

Type of Work

Book

Files

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Richard W. Couper Press

City

Clinton, NY, USA

Series

American Communal Societies Series

ISBN

9781937370145

Abstract

The first biography of Mary Purnell who along with her husband Benjamin, led the Israelite House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mary later formed her own community, Mary’s City of David. Both communities are functioning today. The communities are best known for their bearded baseball teams, but, as Frost’s book shows, they were only a small part of the story.

161 pp., with 19 b/w illustrations

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The Worthy Virgins: Mary Purnell and her City of David

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