The Amish

by John A. Hostetler

John A. Hostetler

Genres: Amish, Nonfiction

39 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.