Amish Houses & Barns

Amish Houses & Barns
Author: Stephen Scott
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1680992198

A study of three Amish homesteads: one in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one in Holmes County, Ohio, and one in LaGrange County, Indiana. Scott examines the history and cultural development of a typical Amish house and barn, one in each of the three largest Amish communities in North America. Home is the center of Amish life and most life events:birth, marriage, daily work and play, retirement, and even death happen there. Stephen Scott explores the history and cultural development of three Amish homesteads, each of which has been occupied by the current family of residence for at least four generations. The Stoltzfus Farm of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Yoder-Miller Farm of Holmes County, Ohio, the Bontrager-Miller Farm of LaGrange County, Indiana. Amish Houses and Barns also includes a photographic essay of typical Amish architecture in each of the three communities. Its numerous anecdotal stories,"Barn Fire," "The Farm Is Strip-Mined," and "Amish Style Graffiti", enhance the human story.

Amish Houses & Barns

Amish Houses & Barns
Author: Stephen Scott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1992
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Looks at various barns and dwellings throughout the Amish communities in the midwest.

An Amish Barn Raising

An Amish Barn Raising
Author: Amy Clipston
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0310362415

From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance. Building a Dream by Amy Clipston Though they’ve known each other a long time, Kathryn and Anthony have finally decided to try becoming more than friends—but they are devastated when Kathryn’s father won’t allow them to date. He wants his daughter to marry a man with a more respectable job than building gazebos for Englishers. But when Kathryn’s father’s dairy barn burns down during a thunderstorm, Anthony is the one to arrange a barn raising. Will Kathryn’s father realize he has misjudged Anthony? To Raise a Home by Kelly Irvin A year after the wildfires, life has returned to normal for the West Kootenai Amish community. Evan Eicher, son of Deacon Tobias Eicher, has done his best to move on too. Helping his neighbors and friends rebuild has helped soothe a heart broken when Delilah Mast—the woman he loves but never had the courage to approach—moved with her family back to Kansas. At his father’s urging he courts Anna Burkholder, a sweet woman who adores him. But when Delilah moves back to teach school, Evan must wrestle with feelings he’s tried so hard to put in the past. And an accident at a barn raising will force Anna, Delilah, and Evan to face the truth about their hearts. Love’s Solid Foundation by Kathleen Fuller Devon Bontrager only returned to his old hometown to make good on a past misdeed. He hadn’t counted on reconnecting with Nettie Yoder, especially since she strung along his younger twin brothers some years ago. Nettie knows she’s made some mistakes in the past, but she’s determined to be an asset to her community from now on. But just as she’s making headway, her family’s barn burns to the ground. Why does it seem like God is punishing her family when she’s finally starting to turn her life around? Can she convince Devon that she has changed? Can Devon trust the woman who broke his brothers’ hearts? Three sweet contemporary Amish romances Stand-alone novella collection Book length: 80,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Amish Enterprise

Amish Enterprise
Author: Donald B. Kraybill
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2004-04-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801878053

Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities across North America. Based on interviews with more than 150 Amish entrepreneurs, the authors trace the rise and impact of businesses in Lancaster's Amish settlement in recent decades. In this new edition, the authors update demographic and technological changes, and also describe Amish enterprises outside of Pennsylvania in a new chapter.

Fall from Pride

Fall from Pride
Author: Karen Harper
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459291069

Return to Home Valley with book one in Karen Harper’s fan-favorite romantic suspense series Budding artist Sarah Kauffman has turned a few of her community's barns into works of art, painting intricate murals on their sides to represent a piece of the Amish traditions she loved. But she’s unwittingly invited a menace into the town, as one by one, each barn is set ablaze and destroyed… The fires spread fear through the community, and arson investigator Nate MacKenzie struggles to investigate the crime scenes while adhering to the community’s ways. As the fires rage, beliefs are challenged, a way of life is questioned and family secrets are exposed. Now Sarah wonders if she's being punished for her pridefulness…or whether there's a more malevolent will at work.

Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm

Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Author: Jon Katz
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0805092196

Introduces the dogs of Bedlam Farm that inspire the author's books.

Plain and Fancy

Plain and Fancy
Author: Albert Hague
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1956
Genre: Amish
ISBN: 9780573680489

"Two sophisticated New Yorkers, with property to sell, find themselves stranded in Bird-in-Hand, PA and their encounters with the local Amish provide a charming and eye-opening look into the 'plain' people of this rural enclave as "country mouse meets city mouse.""-Publisher.

The Amish in America

The Amish in America
Author: David Luthy
Publisher: Aylmer, Ont. : Pathway Publishers
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1986
Genre: Amish
ISBN:

Ohio Off the Beaten Path®, 12th

Ohio Off the Beaten Path®, 12th
Author: Carol Zimmermann
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762761679

From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Ohio Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Ohio that other guidebooks just don't offer.

Plain Answers About the Amish Life

Plain Answers About the Amish Life
Author: Mindy Starns Clark
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0736955941

For Amish fiction readers, young and old alike, Plain Answers About the Amish Life provides a glimpse into an obscure, fascinating world—what the Amish believe and how they live. An engaging question-and-answer format showcases fun and fresh facts about the people who abide by this often-misunderstood faith and unique culture. This updated and revised guide by Mindy Starns Clark (more than 250,000 Amish-themed books sold), covers a wide variety of topics, such as: beliefs and values clothing and transportation courtship and marriage shunning and discipline teens and rumpsringa children and the elderly education and work Presented in an easy-to-read style, these Plain answers to questions about the Amish are a great resource for anyone interested in Amish life. Formerly titled A Pocket Guide to Amish Life