
Plain and Amish: An Alternative to Modern Pessimism
Combines sprightly sketches of Amish origins with charming reports of Langin's months of living with an Amish family in Ind. A prize-winning journalist and native of Germany, Langin explains many aspects of Amish life because of his grasp of their Swiss-German language and their European customs. (416pp. color illus. index. Herald Press, 1994.)