Beyond the Plain and Simple : A Patchwork of Amish Lives.
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- 9781631010637
- 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
- 289.7/3
- E184.M45 -- .S748 2006eb
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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