Facing One's Own Death

BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
Resources for meditation in quotations and account of "good deaths." This is the author's long personal prayer at age 70.

Philadelphia YM 1994 6 PP. Paper

$1.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Penn

BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
Penn's life emerges from this classic biography as a story of courage, honesty and faith.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1986 298 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

Virginia Exiles

The American Revolution Tests Quaker Principles In This Romantic Novel

BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
This fictional account of a true incident reflects the timeless conflict between individual rights and revolutionary excess. In 1777 Caleb Middleton of Philadelphia is furious that his Quaker father has closed the family-owned iron foundry rather than permit its products to be used for military purposes in the Revolutionary War. A believer in Independence, Caleb is insulted when he is then arrested for disloyalty by the government he supports and is exiled, without trial or even formal charge, to rural Virginia along with 19 other Quakers also falsely accused of disloyalty. He falls in love with Loveday Parry and eventually returns to Philadelphia a wiser man.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2002 328 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Windows For The Crown Prince

Akihito Of Japan

BY ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
In 1946, Japanese Emperor Hirohito selected Quaker Elizabeth Gray Vining to be a tutor for the Crown Prince, the future Emperor Akihito, a position she held for 4 years. She was eventually to be a tutor to most of the Imperial Family, including Empress Nagako. After returning to the U.S., she maintained a close, lifelong relationship with the family. This is her story of the "Windows" she tried to open for the future emporer.

Tuttle 2000 320 PP. Paper

$1.50 (in stock)