Selling the Amish

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421404192
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Book Synopsis Selling the Amish by : Susan L. Trollinger

Download or read book Selling the Amish written by Susan L. Trollinger and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. Trollinger explores this puzzling incongruity, showing that Amish tourism is anything but plain and simple. Selling the Amish takes readers on a virtual tour of three such tourist destinations in Ohio’s Amish Country, the world’s largest Amish settlement. Trollinger examines the visual rhetoric of these uniquely themed places—their architecture, interior decor, even their merchandise and souvenirs—and explains how these features create a setting and a story that brings tourists back year after year. This compelling story is, Trollinger argues, in part legitimized by the Amish themselves. To Americans faced with anxieties about modern life, being near the Amish way of life is comforting. The Amish seem to have escaped the rush of contemporary life, the confusion of gender relations, and the loss of ethnic heritage. While the Amish way supports the idealized experience of these tourist destinations, it also raises powerful questions. Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it? Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers’ understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon.

An Amish Family Reunion

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Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736944885
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)

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Book Synopsis An Amish Family Reunion by : Mary Ellis

Download or read book An Amish Family Reunion written by Mary Ellis and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a rumschpringe visit to Niagara Falls, Phoebe Miller meets Eli Riehl, a young man who charms her—and everyone else—with his exceptional storytelling ability. When Phoebe sketches scenes to illustrate one of his tales, Eli encourages her incredible talent, and together they embark on a lofty and unlikely business venture for two young Amish people—writing and illustrating a children's book. Eli's kindness and appeal extend beyond his knack for words to reach inside Phoebe's heart. But he is an only son with five sisters, and when his father suffers a heart attack, Eli gives up his writing to assume responsibility on the farm. Though willing to abandon his dream of becoming an author, he won't give up his beloved Phoebe. Can their love for a good story develop into something that lasts forever, or will Phoebe's deep-seated fear of desertion stand in their way?

Plain and Simple

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061873837
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Book Synopsis Plain and Simple by : Sue Bender

Download or read book Plain and Simple written by Sue Bender and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." So begins Sue Bender's story, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time, work, and community, Bender is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way to lead a good life?" Her journey begins in a New York men's clothing store. There she is spellbound by the vibrant colors and stunning geometric simplicity of the Amish quilts "spoke directly to me," writes Bender. Somehow, "they went straight to my heart." Heeding a persistent inner voice, Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in there daily lives. Plain and Simple vividly recounts sojourns with two Amish families, visits during which Bender enters a world without television, telephone, electric light, or refrigerators; a world where clutter and hurry are replaced with inner quiet and calm ritual; a world where a sunny kitchen "glows" and "no distinction was made between the sacred and the everyday." In nine interrelated chapters--as simple and elegant as a classic nine-patch Amish quilt--Bender shares the quiet power she found reflected in lives of joyful simplicity, humanity, and clarity. The fast-paced, opinionated, often frazzled Bender returns home and reworks her "crazy-quilt" life, integrating the soul-soothing qualities she has observed in the Amish, and celebrating the patterns in the Amish, and celebrating the patterns formed by the distinctive "patches" of her own life. Charmingly illustrated and refreshingly spare, Plain and Simple speaks to the seeker in each of us.

A Peculiar People

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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587298481
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis A Peculiar People by : Elmer Schwieder

Download or read book A Peculiar People written by Elmer Schwieder and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state’s most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state, the community near Kalona in Johnson and Washington counties, in April 1970; they extended their studies and friendships in later years to other Old Order settlements as well as the slightly less conservative Beachy Amish. A Peculiar People explores the origin and growth of the Old Order Amish in Iowa, their religious practices, economic organization, family life, the formation of new communities, and the vital issue of education. Included also are appendixes giving the 1967 “Act Relating to Compulsory School Attendance and Educational Standards”; a sample “Church Organization Financial Agreement,” demonstrating the group’s unusual but advantageous mutual financial system; and the 1632 Dortrecht Confession of Faith, whose eighteen articles cover all the basic religious tenets of the Old Order Amish. Thomas Morain’s new essay describes external and internal issues for the Iowa Amish from the 1970s to today. The growth of utopian Amish communities across the nation, changes in occupation (although The Amish Directory still lists buggy shop operators, wheelwrights, and one lone horse dentist), the current state of education and health care, and the conscious balance between modern and traditional ways are reflected in an essay that describes how the Old Order dedication to Gelassenheit—the yielding of self to the interests of the larger community—has served its members well into the twenty-first century.

Gone Missing

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Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 125001090X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Gone Missing by : Linda Castillo

Download or read book Gone Missing written by Linda Castillo and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Castillo's bestselling series has been called "gripping" [People] and "impossible to put down" [Bookpage] and the "teeth chattering suspense" [USA Today] continues with GONE MISSING—a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong. Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules. It's an exciting time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end, and fear spreads through the community like a contagion. A missing child is a nightmare to all parents, and never more so than in the Amish community, where family ties run deep. When the search for the presumed runaway turns up a dead body, the case quickly becomes a murder investigation. And chief of Police Kate Burkholder knows that in order to solve this case she will have to call upon everything she has to give not only as a cop, but as a woman whose own Amish roots run deep. Kate and state agent, John Tomasetti, delve into the lives of the missing teen and discover links to cold cases that may go back years. But will Kate piece together all the parts of this sinister puzzle in time to save the missing teen and the Amish community from a devastating fate? Or will she find herself locked in a fight to the death with a merciless killer?

The Amish and the State

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801874307
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (743 download)

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Book Synopsis The Amish and the State by : Donald B. Kraybill

Download or read book The Amish and the State written by Donald B. Kraybill and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation—and the erosion—of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the "negotiation model" used throughout the book to interpret a variety of legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of religious freedom over which the Amish and the state have clashed. Focusing on the period from 1925 to 2001 in the United States, the authors examine conflicts over military service and conscription, Social Security and taxes, education, health care, land use and zoning, regulation of slow-moving vehicles, and other first amendment issues. New concluding chapters, by constitutional expert William Ball, who defended the Amish before the Supreme Court in 1972 in the landmark Wisconsin v. Yoder case, and law professor Garret Epps, assess the Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United States.

Almost Amish

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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414326998
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Book Synopsis Almost Amish by : Nancy Sleeth

Download or read book Almost Amish written by Nancy Sleeth and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks to Amish lifestyle and values as a model on which to base calmer, more focused, more faithful lives.

An Amish Man of Ice Mountain

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Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 1420135465
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis An Amish Man of Ice Mountain by : Kelly Long

Download or read book An Amish Man of Ice Mountain written by Kelly Long and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph King admits homeless waitress Priscilla Allen and her four-year-old daughter into his home, but wonders what will happen as their lives begin to intertwine.

House Calls and Hitching Posts

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ISBN 13 : 9780739458679
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (586 download)

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Book Synopsis House Calls and Hitching Posts by : Elton Lehman

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Love's Journey Home

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Publisher : Harvest House Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780736953184
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (531 download)

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Book Synopsis Love's Journey Home by : Kelly Irvin

Download or read book Love's Journey Home written by Kelly Irvin and published by Harvest House Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Gless and Helen Crouch's first meeting nearly ends in tragedy because of Helen's wayward son. Despite all they have in common--the loss of their beloved spouses, the experience of raising their children alone, their rock-solid faith--it seems their chances of finding new love together are gone before they've even had an opportunity to get to know each other. Meanwhile, Helen's good friend, Annie Plank, is still reeling from the death of her husband when Gabriel's son Isaac walks into her bakery and into her life. His heart is still sore from a lost love, and they too struggle to find a place where their paths can join. As four people are called to go forward by faith and not by sight, each will receive a second chance at love -- Provided by the publisher.

Why I Left the Amish

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Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1609172043
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Why I Left the Amish by : Saloma Miller Furlong

Download or read book Why I Left the Amish written by Saloma Miller Furlong and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two ways to leave the Amish—one is through life and the other through death. When Saloma Miller Furlong’s father dies during her first semester at Smith College, she returns to the Amish community she had left twenty four years earlier to attend his funeral. Her journey home prompts a flood of memories. Now a mother with grown children of her own, Furlong recalls her painful childhood in a family defined by her father’s mental illness, her brother’s brutality, her mother’s frustration, and the austere traditions of the Amish—traditions Furlong struggled to accept for years before making the difficult decision to leave the community. In this personal and moving memoir, Furlong traces the genesis of her desire for freedom and education and chronicles her conflicted quest for independence. Eloquently told, Why I Left the Amish is a revealing portrait of life within—and without—this frequently misunderstood community.

A Long Bridge Home

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Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310356741
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis A Long Bridge Home by : Kelly Irvin

Download or read book A Long Bridge Home written by Kelly Irvin and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her community in the awe-inspiring Montana mountains is suddenly consumed by a raging wildfire, one young Amish woman finds herself in a new town where she’s introduced to the Native culture of the Kootenai people. When the Mast family is forced to evacuate their home in the West Kootenai region of Montana, Christine chooses not to move with her family to her father’s childhood home in Kansas. Instead, she wants to stay closer to home and to her beau, Andy Lambright, who has yet to ask for her hand in marriage and who seems to be holding tightly to secrets from his past. Now, living with her aunt and uncle in St. Ignatius, Christine is on her own for the first time in her life. While working in her uncle’s store Christine meets Raymond Old Fox, whom she befriends, and he introduces her to his rich native culture with strong ties to the earth and nature. Despite the warnings of her aunt and uncle, Christine is inexplicably drawn to Raymond, and her mind is opened to a history and heritage far different from her own. With her newly expanding horizons, Christine wonders if she can return to the domestic life that is expected of her. Her heart still longs to be with Andy, but she isn’t the same person she was before the fire, and she wonders if he can accept who she is becoming. Has too much distance grown between them? Or can they bridge the gap from past to present and find their way back together?

Amish in Wisconsin

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Publisher : U.S. Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780615123257
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (232 download)

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Book Synopsis Amish in Wisconsin by : Richard Lee Dawley

Download or read book Amish in Wisconsin written by Richard Lee Dawley and published by U.S. Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anecdotal journal of the authour's ten years of travel and research in the US and Europe living with Amish families, witnessing church service, wedding, auctions, and photographing artifacts.

The Amish

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421409143
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Book Synopsis The Amish by : Donald B. Kraybill

Download or read book The Amish written by Donald B. Kraybill and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. This title explores diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, and its transformation and geographic expansion. It provides an authoritative and sensitive understanding of Amish society.

Becoming Amish

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ISBN 13 : 9780997373301
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (733 download)

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Book Synopsis Becoming Amish by : Jeff Smith

Download or read book Becoming Amish written by Jeff Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family living in one of America's wealthiest communities steps away from mainstream society and joins the horse-and-buggy Amish life. The family of Bill and Tricia Moser are seeking deeper connections to belief, community and purpose in life. The book is rare in Amish literature because it presents the perspective of people who grew up in modern America and immersed in the Amish world, offering both the fresh view of a newcomer and the intimate view of an insider. The book explores such aspects of Amish culture as faith, business, community connectedness, what it was like to learn to drive a horse and buggy and make the family's clothes.

Amish Country Tours

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Publisher : Global Grafx Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amish Country Tours written by Rachel Stoltzfus and published by Global Grafx Press. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish widow takes a desperate step. Can love bloom from tragedy? When Amish widow, Sarah Hershberger, takes the desperate step to save herself and her family from financial ruin by opening her home to Englisch tourists, Sarah faces the censure of community leaders as she struggles to balance home, faith, and the intrusion of the outside world. But when John Lapp, a neighboring widower, steps in to help Sarah shoulder her duties, is Sarah strong enough to accept his help? And will opposition to her decision lead the rest of her community to return to an older, more repressive version of their Ordnung? Find out in Amish Country Tours, Book 1 of the Amish Country Tours series. The Amish Country Tours series is a well written, Christian romance series that will keep you hooked from beginning to ending. If you LOVE Amish Romance Novels (and know you are NOT getting a tour guide), Scroll Up and GRAB YOUR COPY NOW! Great for lovers of Amish romance novels, Amish romance authors, Amish romances, Amish romance writers, Amish romance book, Amish romance fiction, Amish romance novel excerpt, best Amish romance authors, Amish Christian romance authors, list of Amish romance authors, Amish romance books, Amish romance books online, free Amish romance books, Amish Christian romance books, Amish contemporary romance, Amish romance collection, Amish English romance, Amish romance fisher, Amish romance movies, what is Amish romance, good Amish romance, list of Amish romance, Amish romance novel authors, top Amish romance novels, Amish romance novels read online, Amish romance series, Amish romance stories, Lancaster PA, Amish country, Lancaster county saga, Amish books series, Amish New Books, Amish books fiction, Amish books, Amish books authors, Amish Christmas books, Amish life books, Amish books, Amish girl book, Amish living books, living Amish, Amish book series authors, Amish bookends, Amish reading books, Amish next book, Amish bookstore, Amish and Mennonite books, Amish grace, Amish fiction series, Amish fiction 2019, Amish fiction book club, inspirational Amish fiction, inspirational Amish, Amish ebook, Amish girl book, Amish culture, Amish books to read, Amish 2019, Amish upcoming books about the Amish lifestyle.

The complete travel guide for Columbus

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Publisher : YouGuide Ltd
ISBN 13 : 183704516X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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