Rosanna of the AmishRosanna of the Amish, Joseph W. Yoder's thrilling narrative of an Irish Catholic baby girl brought up by an Amish woman, represents the beginnings of Mennonite literature in America. A classic book with cultural and historical context considered an original text as an artifact of religious and ethnic literature. Yoder's straightforward account is honest, sympathetic, look at the religious, social, and economic customs of the Amish. |
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