Amish Houses & Barns (People's Place Book #11)
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A study of three Amish homesteads: one in Lancaster County Pennsylvania one in Holmes County Ohio and one in LaGrange County Indiana. Scott examines the history and cultural development of a typical Amish house and barn one in each of the three largest Amish communities in North America. Home is the center of Amish life and most life events:birth marriage daily work and play retirement and even death happen there. Stephen Scott explores the history and cultural development of three Amish homesteads each of which has been occupied by the current family of residence for at least four generations. The Stoltzfus Farm of Lancaster County Pennsylvania the Yoder-Miller Farm of Holmes County Ohio the Bontrager-Miller Farm of LaGrange County Indiana. Amish Houses and Barns also includes a photographic essay of typical Amish architecture in each of the three communities. Its numerous anecdotal stories "Barn Fire " "The Farm Is Strip-Mined " and "Amish Style Graffiti" enhance the human story.
