Mennonite Tourguide to Western Europe [Paperback]

Jan Gleysteen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1984

This book will help you break the culture barrier and open new doors for an exciting experience of learning and insight. It is an inexhaustible mine of facts, tips, humor, and perhaps the most important, of the Anabaptist and Mennonite story. But the volume is also for the non-Mennonite, as it includes general sections of pre-trip preparations, the what-to-expect sections, and the lively descriptions of culture and history for each country covered.

--This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Herald Pr; First Edition edition (April 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836133609
• ISBN-13: 978-0836133608
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,297,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellant Guide Book to Europe especially for Mennonites, November 20, 2000

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Steve Holyer - Please Leave At Front Door (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mennonite Tourguide to Western Europe (Paperback)

This is a very complete guide book to much of Europe. It covers Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Italy. The book itself is a very good general guide and offers many practical travel tips. I have traveled some of the areas covered in the book and I am very impressed by how well the book details these areas. In addition the book takes a very indepth look at Mennonite history and points out many locations where events key to Mennonite history took place. With this book you can visit some of the sites where the early Anabaptists were martyred; and, you can locate one of the original caves where early Anabaptists probably worshiped. But, what's really nice is the book also covers sites unrelated to Mennonite history that would interest the Mennonite (or any other) tourist. I really do recommend this book.

Please be careful when ordering though. The edition I just received is a bound photocopy of the original edition. All is black and white (the original was in color according to the references to color codes in the text). The photographs (that should have been beautiful) are very poor reproductions. Really, I give the book 5 stars for content, but I give this edition 3 stars for packaging.

I will average out the score and rate the book 4 stores. Still, where else are you going to find this information so well presented? All in all I have to recommend it!

2.0 out of 5 stars The Mennonite Tourguide to Western Europe, September 6, 2010

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John H. Gindlesberger (The Great Black Swamp of Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mennonite Tourguide to Western Europe (Paperback)

I bought this in preparation for a genealogy-focused trip to Europe. It had been recommended by a friend, but I found it to be woefully outdated, poorly printed, and in dire need of proof-reading. I'd recommend looking elsewhere for travel information.