This book tells and interprets the story of Joseph W Yoder (1872-1956), author of 'Rosanna of the Amish' and a musician. His journey—from an isolated, Pennsylvania religious subculture to the world and back—is a heroic quest, fraught with conflicts, misunderstandings, and reversals of intention. "This is must reading for anyone interested in the paradoxes of Amish mentality in the American context, seen here through the prism of a lyrical writer’s wrestling with her own calling." —John L. Ruth, author of The Earth Is the Lord’s: A Narrative History of Lancaster Mennonite Conferenc
ISBN: 9781931038065 (2003) 203pp