Title
Our Amish neighbors / William I. Schreiber ; drawings by Sybil Gould.
Publication Details
[Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, [1962]
Language
English
Description
xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
F500.M45 S3
Dewey Decimal Classification
301.45
Summary
The Old Order Amish, with their horse-drawn buggies, old-fashioned way of dress, and rejection of the twentieth century and its gadgets, are the largest distinctive settlement left in America. The author, who lives on the outskirts of an Amish community of east central Ohio, has written a warm and candid account of their way of life, reaching to the heart of the faith which inspires it.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: a day with the Amish
The Amish in a new land
The Amish homestead
The Old Order Amish way of life
"Meidung" in modern times
Community life and organization
Amish life as revealed in the Sugarcreek Budget
Propagation of the past.