Visits with the Amish : impressions of the plain life /
Imagine living without electricity, automobiles, telephones, or television, living as our ancestors did 100 years ago - and as the Amish do today. Visits with the Amish penetrates the closed society of Amish communities in Iowa and North Carolina. Step into the homes, shops, schools, and buggies of...
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Ames, Iowa :
Iowa State University Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Visits with the Amish : |b impressions of the plain life / |c Linda Egenes ; with woodcuts by Mary Azarian. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Ames, Iowa : |b Iowa State University Press, |c 2000. | ||
| 300 | |a xix, 106 p. : |b ill. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction: who are the Amish? -- |t Home -- |t At home with the Herschbergers -- |t Milking a two-bucket cow -- |t Cooking in the Yoder's summer kitchen -- |t School and work -- |t Learning the three Rs -- |t How Grace Yoder spent her summer vacation -- |t Snaps, buckles, and straps -- |t Community -- |t The heart of Amish life -- |t Quilting above Stringtown Grocery -- |t A trip to Dorothy Mast's country store -- |t Customs -- |t Playing Dutch Blitz and Dare Base -- |t Courtship and marriage. |
| 520 | |a Imagine living without electricity, automobiles, telephones, or television, living as our ancestors did 100 years ago - and as the Amish do today. Visits with the Amish penetrates the closed society of Amish communities in Iowa and North Carolina. Step into the homes, shops, schools, and buggies of real Amish families, attend a church service and a quiting bee, experience the quiet rhythms of work and play among these deeply religious people. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Amish |z Iowa |z Kalona. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Kalona (Iowa) |x Religious life and customs. | |
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