Beyond the Plain and Simple : A Patchwork of Amish Lives.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- A Historical Amish Primer -- Introduction -- 1. Amish Family Values -- 2. Three Long Hours of Sitting Still -- 3. Countercultural Ideals -- 4. An Amish Intellectual -- 5. A Wedding and a Wedding Tale -- 6. 100 Quilts, 200 Pies, and Lots of Other Stuff -- 7. Amos Speaks His Mind -- 8. A Patchwork of Amish Women -- 9. Do Chickens Come Home to Roost? -- 10. When Death Comes -- 11. On the Move -- 12. On Punishment and Prodigals -- 13. Samuel's Story -- 14. Plain People's Paradise? -- 15. Old Folks at Home -- 16. In Unison or Harmony? -- Acknowledgments.
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Stevick, Pauline, -- 1938- -- Travel -- United States. Amish -- United States -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes. Amish -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes. Community life -- United States -- Anecdotes. Country life -- United States -- Anecdotes. United States -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes. United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.