The Chosen Vessel Group 1

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For this discussion, focus on Chapters 13-16, where the Brotherhood of New Life purchases property and starts to live in a communal society which they call “The Use.” What decisions made Salem-on-Erie  “one of the longest lived and most successful communal societies in American history,” p. 108? What caused Fountain Grove to fail? Do you see parallels with the settlement in Oregon?