The Windmill Turning: Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites

By Victor Carl Friesen

Even in hardship, western Canadian Mennonites have celebrated their day-to-day lives with rhymes, songs, riddles, games, and maxims. The Windmill Turning begins by tracing a history of Plautdietsch, the Mennonite language from the lowlands of northern Germany and Holland, and includes illustrations, photos and musical scores.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888641184
• ISBN13: 9780888641182
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.7" x 11.0"