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Farm life and its changes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2565
Author
Fisher, Gideon L.
Edition
1st addition [sic].
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
289.71 F533
Responsibility
by Gideon L. Fisher.
Author
Fisher, Gideon L.
Edition
1st addition [sic].
Place of Publication
Gordonville, Pa
Publisher
Pequea Publishers,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
384 p. (p. 384 blank) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Farm life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Amish - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 F533
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Lancaster County's 250th anniversary, 1729-1979

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18242
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245a
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.],
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
60 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 37 cm.
Notes
"A supplement of the Lancaster New Era, Tuesday, May 8, 1979."
G. Terry Madonna, chairman, 250th anniversary committee.
Anniversary Committee members: John W. Aungst, Jr., Susan H. Baker, Charles H. Kessler, John W.W. Loose, John B. Rengier and R. Jeanne Sonntag.
Edited by Susan Baker.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Madonna, G. Terry.
Baker, Susan H.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). 250th Anniversary Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245a
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