Olsen, Gregg
Summary: "In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner's report: natural causes. Ida's husband, Eli, was never considered a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his son, Danny, with him, murder followed. What really happened to Ida? The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully ignored and Eli's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPShachtman, Tom
Contents: Going away -- A glory old time -- Straightforward conversations -- Education: prepare for usefulness -- Faith and doctrine: stand fast and believe the Word as written -- Shunning: to keep the church pure -- Farming: the ideal occupation -- Working away -- Women's lib would have a field day among the Amish -- Seeking solutions -- Coming home: an essay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 SHAKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.7 KRAAmmon, Richard.
Summary: An Amish girl describes a year in her life and the activities that fill it, from early spring through the following winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AMMBrunstetter, Wanda E.
Summary: "Welcome to Walnut Creek, Ohio, where Orley and Lois Troyer own an antique store they call "Memory Keepers." Though knowledgeable in antiques and their repair, their real talent is in mentoring folks who are hurting and don't even know it. Enter Jeff, a restaurateur, and Rhonda, a hotel manager, who recently moved to Amish country for the slow pace, but the change of scenery puts even more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Publishing Inc 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRUCoble, Colleen
Summary: A young woman suspects the abusive and controlling man she once escaped may be responsible for the deaths of people close to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Summary: "A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the AmishThis second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish way of life and spirituality in their cultural context and explore their applicability for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 KRASummary: Explores the insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and baffled Americans for more than a century. The film examines the beliefs, lifestyle, and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. Beautifully and lyrically photographed, The Amish is part history, part...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD AmCastillo, Linda
Summary: "Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister. The town's elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CASColeman, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 289.73 COLGaus, Paul L.
Summary: The peace of a cold October morning in Ohio is broken when young Crist Burkholder confesses to Bishop Leon Shetler that he has killed Glenn Spiegle, a rival for the hand of Vesta Miller, but an investigation reveals a much more complicated web of criminal activity in the Amish community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAUWoodsmall, Cindy.
Summary: When her relationship with Paul comes to an end, Hannah Lapp heads to Ohio in hopes of finding refuge with another Amish outcast, and a deepening friendship with Martin Palmer helps her cope as she struggles to understand the contemporary world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WOOSummary: Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of rumspringa which is a period in a teenager's life during which they are set free to explore the world outside the Amish life. This is so that they can make an informed decision before they make a commitment to join the church at adulthood. Follows four teenagers in their time of discovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over a cup of coffee? In the pages of Homespun, Amish and Plain Mennonite women swap stories and spin yarns while we listen in. Lorilee Craker, bestselling author of Money Secrets of the Amish, collects these personal writings about hospitality, home, grief, joy, and walks with God. Hear from one woman who struggles with feeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herald Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289 CRAFurlong, Saloma Miller.
Summary: Overview: There are two ways to leave the Amish - one is through life and the other through death. When Saloma Miller Furlong's father dies during her first semester at Smith College, she returns to the Amish community she had left twenty four years earlier to attend his funeral. Her journey home prompts a flood of memories. Now a mother with grown children of her own, Furlong recalls her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.1044 FURLONG, SALOMA MILLER FURKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: Examines the Amish community's intention to forgive the man who killed five Amish children at the West Nickel Mines School in Pennsylvania in 2006, discussing how the Amish concept of forgiveness is part of their belief in pardon and reconciliation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 KRAStrobel, Frederic W.
Summary: The author has lived for over twenty years surrounded by both German and Swiss Amish in southern Michigan. During that time, Strobel has developed a friendship with many Amish. A large population of Old Order Amish live in southern Michigan and on the Indiana and Ohio borders. In 2016, the Amish population in the five counties of Branch, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and St. Joseph is estimated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dogwood Publishing Co. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.42 STRSummary: "For an inside look at the hard work, pleasant play, hearty meals and devout worship of the "Plain People", we asked 63 Amish families to keep a diary --all on the same day--of their dawn-to-dusk activities."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roy Reiman 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.73 DAYCoblentz, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5 COBEicher, Jerry S.
Summary: A best-selling fiction author recounts his young life in an Amish family which moved from Ontario to Honduras and then to America when the community failed, and his reasons for departing from his childhood faith later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EICHER, JERRY S EICLawson, Suzy.
Summary: This treasury of Amish patchwork artistry will introduce quilting enthusiasts to a wealth of traditional designs as ingenious as they are beautiful. Based on concepts and unwritten rules that have long governed Amish quiltmaking, most of these lovely patterns date from the late 1800s to the early 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1988