9, [33] leaves, some folded : ill, drawings, photographs, maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
A study of the house from its beginning as a log cabin to the present.
Contents
Report of the condition of the 1761 house -- Evolution of the 1761 house in sketches -- Dimensioned drawings of the 1761 house -- Not to scale plans with pictures of the 1761 house -- M. Duffield Harsh 2010 research report -- Floor elevation study of the 1761 house -- Miscellaneous email correspondence.
"Over the years Lloyd and Mabel [Heller] raised two sons of their own; in addition they adopted two children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau. They also raised four foster children and kept many other children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau for shorter periods of time ranging from six to eight months. They also kept approximately twenty children from the neighborhood for up to several months and at times as long as a year...In 1958, Mabel 'Mama' Heller was recognized by the Lancaster Children's Bureau of Lancaster County for her involvement with the Children's Bureau in the raising of forty children at the Heller farm in Narvon Pennsylvania." [from the introduction]
"A true story of the author and his family members, friends and neighbors circa 1942 to 1964. It also gives the reader a real and factual understanding of the life in that time period surrounding the area of Lancaster County called 'The Welsh Mountains'." [from the book jacket]
Descendants of John Hess Brubacher, D-14, 1782-1863, of Juniata County and his nephew "Cooper" John Sherk Brubacher, D-63, 1807-1887, of Ontario, Canada
"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]
