"This collection of thirty-four full-page drawings expresses with great sincerity the vitality and spirit of the Pennsylvania Dutch people. Each drawing gives the reader a fascinating insight into a custom or tradition that has been handed down for generations and each is accompanied by a pleasantly descriptive text as well as by a series of vignettes which present further details concerning farm implements, household furnishings, clothes, food, handicrafts, and amusements." [dust jacket]
Chapters: To Dwell in Caves -- To use Plain and Fancy Speech -- To Found Utopias -- To Build Conestoga Wagons -- To Build Magnificent Barns -- To Make " Kentucky Rifles " -- To Resort To Arms -- To Be Fond of Music -- To Have a Tavern In The Town -- To Enjoy Shoo-fly Pie -- To Believe in Witchcraft -- To Observe Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage -- To Wear Beards and Dress Plainly -- To Embellish the Useful -- To Look Backward
Summary
Rare qualities, strange superstitions, quaint customs of the many people - Amish , Mennonites , Quakers - who make Pennsylvania the colorful state it is.
