TY - ABST T1 - My First and Last Book. A Book for the Crisis and A Crisis for the Book Y1 - 1844 A1 - A Plain Man, A native of Massachusetts KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

All humans belong to one universal brotherhood. Marriage for life between one man and one woman. Sex only for reproduction. Extended childhood under parents' care. “The child then becomes a member of the common brotherhood or community, where through the whole there is impartial, social sympathy and equal love, and in which there is a perfect supply of all the wants of every member, and all the means essential to a perfect developement [sic] of character” (15). Common property. If people life correctly, they will have no need of doctors. Good food, fruit and vegetables being the best, clean air, regular exercise; mentions no corsets for women. No need for clergy. Lays out a new calendar (48-51).

PB - Np CY - [Massachusetts?] ER -