Wpl: Life in Amish Community

by Katherine Wagner

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560066547
• ISBN13: 9781560066545
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Lucent Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A peek into another lifestyle...

If you're like me, you only have a basic knowledge of the Amish life. This book can help you gain a bit more insight and understanding of what it takes to be Amish. Various aspects of life are addressed: religion (which includes their history and worship), schooling, home life, and social life. It also discusses misconceptions, and how that even within the Amish there are variations from sect to sect. There are clearly labeled photographs, maps and sidebars of information. A full index, list of notes, works cited, and a 'for further reading' section is at the back. The one problem I had with the book was it seemed to jump all over the place, and didn't flow as I was reading. Some of it was logical, but other times it felt like the author didn't know where else to stick it, so she just added it to "leaner" chapters. This series does provide good information, though, and students would be able to access what they needed through the index.

Best book on the Amish I've read

This was a gift for my mother-in-law, who has read a lot of books on the Amish. She said this was the best book on the Amish she'd ever read. It answered a lot of questions she had wondered about and not found in her extensive Amish reading. She said the information was well-presented and she liked the way the author "put things".