The Amish

by John A. Hostetler

John A. Hostetler explains the views and lifestyles of the Amish under such headings as preaching services, family and community, Amish economy, language, folk art and beauty, courting, becoming adults, weddings, leisure, medieval music, bonnets and broad-brims, horse and buggy travel, farm and kitchen, stress and change, Amish knowledge, and hope for the future.Over 705,000 copies of earlier editions of this booklet have been sold. Now this completely revised edition maintains the qualities which have made The Amish popular for a generation while updating the text and photos for the 1990s.

Genres: Amish, Nonfiction

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Dr. John Andrew Hostetler, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1953) was a scholar of Amish and Hutterite societies, a Fulbright scholar, and occasional film consultant and expert witness. He retired from the faculty of Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1985, and served the next five years as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, where his wife Beulah also held a teaching appointment.

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Look, The Amish is the rare sequel-feeling standalone that doesn't need homework. John A. Hostetler hands you a world, a cast, and a conflict within the first few pages and trusts you to keep up, and the heist scene on the rooftop had me grinning like an idiot. The finale is a bit too neat for such a chaotic crew. For readers who like heist stories with real chemistry. Pass if you want gritty and realistic.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Real talk, The Amish is the kind of book you'll either defend at a party or throw across the room. I did a little of both. John A. Hostetler takes big swings, and some land hard, like the opening chapter that gutted me, while others whiff completely. The narrator's attitude gets exhausting after a while. For readers who like a book with some bite. Pass if you prefer your stories polite.

[Wafa K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed reading this guide. It answered some of my questions and intrigued my interest in knowing more about this community.