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On the Backroad to Heaven
Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren

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Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman
Center Books in Anabaptist Studies

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978-0-8018-7089-7 (20 ctn qty)
2002 352 pp. 19 line drawings and 53 halftones
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Amish children are typically dressed like their parents.
Amish children are typically dressed like their parents.

An Amish couple travel on a backroad of Pennsylvania.
An Amish couple travel on a backroad of Pennsylvania.

The color of Amish carriages — white, yellow, gray, and black — varies in different parts of the country.
The color of Amish carriages — white, yellow, gray, and black — varies in different parts of the country.

An Amish farmer travels on a back country road.
An Amish farmer travels on a back country road.

Two Amish boys assist with the pumpkin harvest.
Two Amish boys assist with the pumpkin harvest.

Old Order Amish and Mennonites bring produce on wagons and trucks to a local vegetable auction.
Old Order Amish and Mennonites bring produce on wagons and trucks to a local vegetable auction.

Old Order Mennonite women riding to Sunday services follow horse-drawn carriages.
Old Order Mennonite women riding to Sunday services follow horse-drawn carriages.

Old Order Mennonite carriages lined up in a carrige house beside a Mennonite meetinghouse during Sunday morning services.
Old Order Mennonite carriages lined up in a carrige house beside a Mennonite meetinghouse during Sunday morning services.

Hutterite colonists use modern farm equipment to harvest grain on large prarie farms.
Hutterite colonists use modern farm equipment to harvest grain on large prarie farms.

A Hutterite farmer with a state-of-the-art haybine owned by the Hutterite colony.
A Hutterite farmer with a state-of-the-art haybine owned by the Hutterite colony.

Hutteritres clean chickens to prepare them to sell in a local urban market.
Hutteritres clean chickens to prepare them to sell in a local urban market.

Hutterite children dressed in traditional Hutterite style.
Hutterite children dressed in traditional Hutterite style.

Two Hutterite men relax in front of their apartment in a Hutterite colony.
Two Hutterite men relax in front of their apartment in a Hutterite colony.

A Hutterite family celebrates a birthday; most meals are eaten in the colony hall.
A Hutterite family celebrates a birthday; most meals are eaten in the colony hall.



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