Readers are invited to come along with Jim Butterfield as he takes Amish folks on typical drives across Ohio's large Amish country. This book shows their neighborly life, closeness to nature, sustainable homesteads, good humor, and peaceful outlook. Respectful color photos show the land and the Amish community.
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A lifelong neighbor of the world's largest Amish community, retired journalist Butterfield drives the "plain people"?the Amish?of the Holmes County, Ohio, area to places beyond easy reach of their traditional horse-drawn buggies and wagons. Here he invites the reader to come along as he witnesses the events, from barn-raising to birthing, that reveal their values and way of life. Because the collective, peace-giving, nonconforming lifestyle of the Amish may be remote from the experience of his readers, Butterfield explains many of the customs of "plain" living. Mostly, though, he just lets the Amish speak for themselves in 18 chapters covering the seasonal round of agrarian living?celebrating Christmas, holding a farm auction, celebrating a wedding, spring plowing and planting, horse trading, threshing, visiting a one-room school, husking corn, and butchering. This is a simple, appealing portrait of a people set apart. For general, even worldly minded readers.?John R. Leech, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The author is a Mennonite, technically an outsider, but by virtue of the fact that the Amish have entrusted him to drive them about in his car when they have a pressing need for such a service, he has an intimate insider's view of the Amish people. I found his accounts to be quite fascinating; short and clearly written, they really give one an appreciation for the perseverance of the Amish people in our modern and technological world. Really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who wants better understanding of what these people are really like.
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exactly right,
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This is a gorgeous book, written by someone who cares about his subject matter. This book has all the charming qualities that make a great memoir. Butterfield obviously is not a writer, but he jumps into the world and makes this unique subculture familiar and beautiful for the reader.
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Driving the Amish,
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Excellant reading material.
The author included his reader by capturing the mind, taking you on the journey as his co driver.
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