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Author Egenes, Linda

Title Visits with the Amish : impressions of the plain life / Linda Egenes ; with woodcuts by Mary Azarian
Edition 1st University of Iowa Press ed
Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 106 pages) : illustrations
Series A Bur Oak book
Bur oak book
Contents At home with the Hershbergers -- Milking a two-bucket cow -- Cooking in the Yoders' summer kitchen -- Learning the three Rs -- How Grace Yoder spent her summer vacation -- Snaps, buckles, and straps -- The heart of Amish life -- Quilting above Stringtown Grocery -- A trip to Dorothy Mast's country store -- Playing Dutch Blitz and Dare Base -- Courtship and marriage
Summary Who are the "plain people," the men and women who till their fields with horse and plow, travel by horse and buggy, live without electricity and telephones, and practice "help thy neighbor" in daily life? Linda Egenes visited with her Old Order Amish neighbors in southeast Iowa for thirteen years before writing this informative and companionable introduction to their lifeways
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106)
Notes Print version record
Subject Amish -- Iowa -- Kalona
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
RELIGION -- General.
Amish
SUBJECT Kalona (Iowa) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Iowa -- Kalona
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781587298356
158729835X