Renegade Amish: Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers

by Donald B. Kraybill

Book Overview

How a series of violent Amish-on-Amish attacks shattered the peace of a peace-loving people and led to a new interpretation of the federal hate crime law.

On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn't a friendly visit. Within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421415674
• ISBN13: 9781421415673
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher