Subtitled "The Background, Life, and Legacy of Christian Burkholder (1746-1809)," this is a definitive, illustrated, and narrative history of the first resident Mennonite bishop in northern Lancaster Co., Pa. Christian Burkholder's life and legacy has left an indelible mark on the Mennonite Church and his descendants. His writings are presented with a fresh translation of the German. Though much more than a family history book, it ends with a genealogical section, giving both maternal and paternal ancestries back to the 1500s in Switzerland, and forward with the first three generations of descendants in America. (265pp. color illus. index. hardcover. Author, 2018.)