Description |
xxxiv, 208 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208). |
Contents |
Pop cans and doomed pigs -- The leaving -- Remembering Sarah -- "You be careful out among them English." -- The midnight table -- Underground railroad -- The lot falls -- The Amish FBI -- Time and space -- Deadly sacred -- Another leaving -- The world inside, and out. |
Summary |
Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. They are the most traditional and insular of all the Amish sects; the Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned chairs in their homes; and without rumspringa, the recently popularized "running-around time" that some Amish sects allow their sixteen-year-olds. Over the years, Mackall has developed a steady relationship with the Shelter family (Samuel and Mary, their nine children, and their extended family). Plain Secrets tells the Shelters' story over these years, using their lives to paint a portrait of Swartzentruber Amish life and mores. |
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Depicts life among the Swartzentruber Amish in Ashland County, Ohio. |
Subject |
Mackall, Joe, 1958- -- Friends and associates.
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Amish -- Ohio -- Ashland County.
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Amish -- Ohio -- Ashland County -- Social life and customs.
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Amish -- Ohio -- Ashland County -- Social conditions.
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Ashland County (Ohio)
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ISBN |
0807010642: $24.95 |
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9780807010648: $24.95 |
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