amish

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Blood of the prodigal

an Ohio Amish mystery
1999
Professor Michael Branden, Pastor Caleb Troyer, and Sheriff Bruce Robertson attempt to penetrate the secrecy of the Old Order Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, in order to recover a ten-year-old boy who has been kidnapped by his outcast father.

The gift to be simple

life in Amish country
2001
A collection of photographs by Bill Coleman which capture the simplicity of life in the Amish culture.

Beyond the divide

1995
In 1849, a fourteen-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train.

Plain truth

a novel
2001
Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.

Barn raising

2002
An Amish community gathers to erect a barn in one day, and finishes in time for the owner's cows to be milked there that very evening.

A stone's throw from paradise

1997
Twelve-year-old Lizzie searches for memories of her mother while spending a summer with her great-grandmother among the Amish in Pearly Gates, Pennsylvania.

Reuben and the blizzard

1995
During a blizzard, Reuben and his Amish family worry about what to do with their milk, wonder about names for Reuben's new puppies, help out a neighbor and his pregnant wife, and have fun sledding near their farm.

Amish life

1981

Growing up Amish

1989
Focuses on the homes, work, and schooling of a Pennsylvania Dutch community to depict the Amish way of life.

Plain girl

2003
Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life.

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