A Pennsylvania Dutch girl struggles to reconcile her strict Old Order Amish way of life with her desire for the "worldly" pleasures and comforts she sees around her. "How Katie learns to cope with worldly things and be proud of her Old Order upbringing makes a charming story, and one that is filled with fun when even the Deacon of the Church wants to listen to the radio. Set in Pennsylvania farming country, here is a rich picture of Amish life with insights about the changing ideas of a younger generation." [dust jacket]
A story in a Pennsylvania Dutch setting about a chest which a girl buys for a few dollars at an auction, but the chest is lined with new newspaper and filled with counterfiet money. And someone want to take it away from her.
A Pennsylvania Amish boy wonders if the fox raised on his farm misses other foxes and gets his answer when the animal leaves long enough to have a litter.
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Series
Colonial people
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.
Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.
The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.
