Includes two Amish hymns with music (unaccompanied melodies)
"All the episodes ... are based on fact. Every name...is the real name of the person mentioned."- Pref.
Summary
"Basing his narrative on fact, Yoder offers the heartwarming, thrilling story of Rosanna McGonegal Yoder, an Irish-Catholic child raised by an Amish woman. The author gives an honest, straightforward, and sympathetic account of the religious, social, and economic traditions and customs of the Amish people." [Google Books]
"John Bartram was born into a Quaker farm family in colonial Pennsylvania. He considered himself a plain farmer, with no formal education beyond the local school. He had a lifelong interest in medicine and medicinal plants, and read widely. His botanical career started with a small area of his farm devoted to growing plants he found interesting; later he made contact with European botanists and gardeners interested in North American plants, and developed his hobby into a thriving business." [Wikipedia]
Summary
In his review of the book, critic R.J. Fergusson says that this biography "does more than portray the lives and works of the eminent father and son; it integrates them with their social and intellectual associates of their time; and it traces the development of the study of botany as a science. The work is scholarly; the literary style is clear and interesting; the volume should please both scientific and popular readers."
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