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Description: The Pennsylvania Dutch: From Migration to Acculturation offers a rich, authoritative exploration of a deeply misunderstood culture. Tracing their journey from early European migration to William Penn's "Holy Experiment," the book delves into the enduring folkways, existing architecture, surviving folk art, agrarian life, and the profound religious spirit of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Writing as a cultural insider, Orth, dismantles pervasive myths—clarifying that iconic hex signs ...

In 1683 the Plain Sects began to arrive in William Penn’s Colony seeking a land of peace and plenty. They were a mixed people; Moravians from Bohemia and Moravia, Mennonites from Switzerland and Holland, the Amish, the Dunkards, the Schwenkfelds, and the French Huguenots. After the lean years of clearing the land and developing their farms they established the peace and plenty they sought. These German-speaking people were originally called the Pennsylvania Deutsch but tim...

Recipes for salads, soups, main dishes, vegetable dishes, pancakes and fritters, doughnuts, sweets and rolls, cakes, cookies, pies, desserts, and sweets and sours. First published around 1900. According to the preface. "In 1683 the Plain Sects began to arrive in William Penn's Colony seeking a land of peace and plenty. They were a mixed people; Moravians from Bohemia and Moravia, Mennonites from Switzerland and Holland, the Amish, the Dunkards, the Schwenkfelds, and the French Huguenots. A...

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This collection proposes Florida as a nexus of various contested moments, ideas, concepts, and relations. In the age of networks, it is not enough to only think of computerized, economic, or labor-intensive systems as networks. Florida is both a site of exploration—what does Florida mean – and a model for spatial work in general—how do we trace out the networked connections of a given space? Florida taps into an existing conversation regarding space, and it contributes a new approach by of...

USA Today Bestselling Author Britney Bell brings you an ugly duckling romance story between a geeky math teacher and small-town pro football hero.Lennox had a rough time going through high school being picked on for being smart. So, why would she endure reliving the pain every day as a high school teacher in the very school where she grew up?Nash had a total opposite experience. He was the jock star who went on to be the award-winning athlete through colleg...

USA Today Bestselling Author Britney Bell brings you a second chance romance with a woman who's never left her small hometown and a professional football player who lives in a big city.Tobin was raised in a small town, but wasn't afraid to go after his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Yet, his high school girlfriend didn't feel the same way about him as he did her and refused his proposal to move off to college with him.Nola was born in that town a...

The book includes a range of classic recipes, from savory staples like Schnitz un Knepp (apples and ham with dumplings) and Pot Pie (a meat and dough-based stew quite different from the more commonly known pastry pot pie) to sweet treats such as Shoofly Pie, a molasses-based pie with a crumbly topping, and Fasnachts, traditional doughnuts made for the Lenten season. Root vegetables, preserved fruits, and dairy products are common ingredients, reflecting the agricultural lifestyle and need ...

This is the heralded "definitive history" of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine.Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael Gannon, offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise to create a comprehensive, balanced view of Florida's sweeping story. The chapters cover such diverse topics as the maritime heritage of...

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The fascinating story of America's oldest thriving heritage language.Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award by the Young Center for Anabaptists and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown CollegeWhile most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of ...