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Author Shachtman, Tom, 1942-

Title Rumspringa : to be or not to be Amish / Tom Shachtman.

Imprint New York : North Point Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.235088 Sh11r 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 286 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283).
Note "This book is based, in part, on research done for the Stick Figure Productions documentary The Devil's Playground"--P. opposite tp.
Contents Going away -- A glory old time -- Straightforward conversations -- Education: prepare for usefulness -- Faith and doctrine: stand fast and believe the Word as written -- Shunning: to keep the church pure -- Farming: the ideal occupation -- Working away -- Women's lib would have a field day among the Amish -- Seeking solutions -- Coming home: an essay.
Subject Rumspringa.
Amish teenagers -- Conduct of life.
Amish teenagers -- Religious life.
Amish teenagers -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 086547687X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780865476875 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 086547687X
YDXCP 2379418

 
    
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