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See more detail | | Amish Society (4th ed)
Amish Society . The definitive book about the Amish by an Amishman turned college professor. You'll get a detailed look at their history, way of life, and personal character. Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America. Their way of life, which from the outside may look hard or quaint, turns out to be a model for the necessary values embodied in the concepts of rural communities and local politics. This is the recently updated version of this classic book and explains the nature of Amish religious beliefs and ceremonies, community and family life, tensions with worldly values, and interactions with outsiders. You'll also find new information on population trends, land use and farming practices, and relations with the state.
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See more detail | | Riddle of Amish Culture
A classic work on one of America's distinctive religious communities. This revised edition incorporaties new demographic research and interviews and adds a chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings.
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See more detail | | Why Cows Learn Dutch
This book will appeal to those interested in the Amish lifestyle and farming practices. llustrated with drawings by Amish artist Crist C. Miller.
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See more detail | | AVAILABLE ONLY FROM BACK 40 BOOKS! Now available as a set which includes the book and the DVD. Author, Randy James offers an engaging view of Amish farm life, society, and values. An agricultural extension agent for twenty years, James works closely with the Amish farmers of Geauga County, Ohio, the fourth largest Amish settlement in the world, and his narrative provides new, accurate information on the Amish and their farming practices. The DVD was filmed at the American Small Farm Center at the 2005 Farm Science Review, London, Ohio. In this 40 minute DVD James shares his experiences as an Extension agent in Geauga County.
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See more detail | | Amish Farm Economics DVD. Presentation by Randy James, author of Why Cows Learn Dutch. Filmed at the American Small Farm Center at the 2005 Farm Science Review, London, Ohio. In this 40 minute DVD James shares his experiences as an Extension agent in Geauga County, Ohio which has an extensive Amish population. He takes us from one of his first challenges as a young agent through the years of working beside many Amish farm families. He covers the resilience of the families to flow with the ever-changing tides of farm economics and demonstrates how they manage to stay involved with agriculture when many conventional farmers are forced to leave behind "the good life."
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See more detail | | Scratching the Woodchuck
The author, an Amish dairy farmer and acclaimed writer and naturalist, is an alert observer of the natural world and it's creatures. You'll feel as though David was walking with you along the fence rows of the farm where he has lived for more than 50 years as he holds you spellbound with tales of everyday life tuned to the sights and voices of the natural world. A delightful book illustrated with pen and ink drawings.
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See more detail | | Great Possessions
Amish dairy farmer David Kline pays homage to this longstanding intimacy in essays that celebrate the splendid and mysterious order governing the plant and animal life on his Ohio farm. These essays go beyond the genre of natural history, and thus greatly increase their value, by showing us also a kind of life in which delight in the wild creatures is ordinary.
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See more detail | | Kline Collection (2 books)
Two great books by David Kline the Amish dairy farmer and nationally known naturalist. David's first book Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal and Scratching the Woodchuck make up this set.
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See more detail | | Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish
This book is the captivating and 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 whether there is a better 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 used as background in a display. Heeding a persistent inner voice, Bender searches for Amish families willing to allow her to visit and share in their daily lives.
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