The 1719 Hans Herr House, Lancaster County's oldest surviving structure, is the setting for this historical fiction about a young Mennonite boy. Eighteenth-century Christian is assigned to stoke the fire, tend the animals, collect the eggs, weave a basket, and shell corn while waiting for his father to return from Philadelphia.
"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]
