Through vivid portraits of teenagers in Ohio and Indiana, the author offers an account of Amish life as a mirror to the soul-searching and questing recognized as a generally intrinsic part of adolescence.
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Through vivid portraits of teenagers in Ohio and Indiana, the author offers an account of Amish life as a mirror to the soul-searching and questing recognized as a generally intrinsic part of adolescence.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 286pp, bibliography, notes. Or boards in jacket. A look at the little know Amish coming of age ritual, the rumspringa.
Rumspringa, an Old Order Amish tradition, gives teenagers (age 16 and over) the opportunity to leave their agricultural roots and become part of the ?English? world. The book follows a number of families as their sheltered children walk out the door to an unsupervised life filled with worldly temptations. It is the community?s hope that following their months-to-years of Rumspringa (?running around?), the adolescents will return and commit their lives to being Amish - and 80-90% of them do. This fascinating and easy-to-read study reminds us to appreciate our ?English? opportunities but to also be aware of what the Amish know ? that true happiness and contentment comes from the pursuit of purposes larger than our own.