Amish Roots: A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore

By: John A. Hostetler

Book Overview

It isn't the way of the Amish to write about themselves. But John A. Hostetler, author of the best- selling Amish Society, has put together a delightful anthology in which they do just that. More than... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801837693
• ISBN13: 9780801837692
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Information Abounds

A very informative book on the history and culture of the Amish people. Also an insight to their everyday life and customs.

An honest portayal of the life if the "Plain People"

Slow down and savour each page of this gem... "We are not Amish, we are Christians. Amish is just a nickname. We don't need to be ashamed that people call us that but we shouldn't build on the Amish name." William A. YoderThis quote from the book sticks most in my mind after reading this collection of first-hand accounts of Amish life, gathered from personal and family documents by the Amish people themselves, dating from the 1700's to the present day.This is their story, told their way. I found that most refreshing.An honest portrayal of a community of people struggling to maintain the purity of their faith and love for their fellow man in a world that seems set to undermine everything they stand for. Rightly called a "Treasury", and presenting both the joys and the hardships of the Amish way of life, this book was hard to put down, and left me aching for a time when the world and the way we lived in it was much simpler fare.....