Ranging from "Apple Butter" to "Zimmerman, Zeager, and Zook," an alphabet book explores the distinctive culture, lifestyle, customs, and heritage of the Pennsylvania Dutch people.

A rhyming alphabet book about the people and activities of a Pennsylvania Dutch settlement in a rural valley. On board pages.

A rhyming alphabet book about the people and activities of a Pennsylvania Dutch settlement in a rural valley.

A is for Amish; B is for barn raising; C is for church. What is it like to be Amish? In this delightful and whimsical full-color book, author and illustrator Ingrid Hess offers an entertaining yet informative introduction to Amish faith and life. In a style that will capture the imaginations of children and adults alike, Hess takes readers behind the scenes and invites them to think about living out faith in new ways.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. What Is Pennsylvania Dutch? -- CHAPTER 2. Early History of Pennsylvania Dutch -- CHAPTER 3. Pennsylvania Dutch, 1800-1860 -- CHAPTER 4. Profiles in Pennsylvania Dutch Literature -- CHAPTER 5. Pennsylvania Dutch in the Public Eye -- CHAPTER 6. Pennsylvania Dutch and the Amish and Mennonites -- CHAPTER 7. An American Story -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

An adaptation of the famous poem about a Christmas Eve visitor, set in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Includes a pie recipe and information about Belsnickel and the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

Rauch's Pennsylvania Dutch hand-book a book for instruction Rauch's Pennsylvania Deitsch hond-booch en booch for inshtructa

About the year 1870, I made up my mind to ; publish this book, with a view of affording practical and profitable instruction, especially for business men who are located among Pennsylvania Dutch speaking people, and also for the many thousands of native Pennsylvania girls and Doys who attend the English public schools, and yet almost exclusively speak the Pennsylvania Dutch language at home and in the community. I then commenced the work, and had gathered several thousand Pennsylvania Dutch Words and arranged them alphabetically with translations...