The translated letters (1832-1887) by and to John Stoltzfus as well as documents usher readers into the mid-19th-century world where a Great Schism occurred among the Amish as the line between compromise and rejection of religious conviction was passionately debated. This reveals a communication network stretching from Pa. to Ohio to Ind. to Iowa to Tenn. where rural settings depict Amish folkways and family life. (296pp. index. hardcover. Herald Press, 2004 reprint.)