Branch: A Memoir with Pictures
Eighty-three-year-old Mennonite historian John L. Ruth tells his own story in essays and photos, along with that of his family and his Mennonite community. In this small coffee-table-style book, each...
2500
A History of the Christian Raber Family
Featuring six generations of Rabers, this book begins with Christian Raber (b. 1730) m. Anne Adam who lived in France. Their grandson, Christian Raber (1784-1848) and family came to America...
Omi: Mother Courage
This is the remarkable story of Hertha Jurgens Schmidt, who was born in northern Germany in 1910. She grew up during the turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, marrying August...
2800
Christian Schmucker, Stalwart Pioneer
An excellent biography with updated information on Christian Schmucker, born in Grindelwald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and arrived in Philadelphia Sept. 23, 1752. Contains background history of the area where he...
300
Farm Girl
Author Edith S. Bailey tells of her growing up years as a young girl in the Old Order Mennonite Church. Enjoy her wonderful hand-drawn illustrations throughout the book, as well...
999
The Diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898
These diaries reflect the life and times in Conestoga, Pa., during the late 1800s of Peter Clinger Hiller (1847-1898) m. Martha Hoak. Peter was a teacher/orchard farmer, sold and repaired...
3400
Our Tioga Home; Where Mountains Rise
A true account of an Old Order Mennonite family's move from St. Mary's Co., Md., to Tioga Co., Pa., in 1971. Read of the Stauffers' work, trials, and triumphs in...
895
Eunice: She Loved Life
A personal, gripping, and emotional, candid story of Eunice Mast who faced a lingering illness of breast cancer as a wife and mother of six children. After she and her...
499
Menno Simons: "Confession and The New Birth"
A powerful introduction to Menno Simons, a major Anabaptist leader and possibly the greatest figure of the Dutch Reformation. This readable volume makes vital Anabaptist sources available not only for...
795
One Farm, Two Wars, Three Generations
Subtitled "The Story of the Schafbusch Farm and the Hege Family in France in the First Half of the Twentieth Century." Philipp and Emma Hege of France wrote their story...
995
Born for Such a Time as This
As the author walked down memory lane, she was deeply touched how God's loving hand has always been upon her in the journey of her life. Read of her childhood...
700
Emigrant Paths: Encounters with 20th Century Swiss Americans
This book features the emigration of 16 Swiss men who left their homeland to pursue their destiny in the United States. The stories highlight the emigrants' world of origin, the...
Stages: Growing in Faith and Art
Memoir of Wheaton College professor Jim Young as he intertwines his work in theater with his lifetime spiritual search. Jim taught at Wheaton College in Illinois for 22 years and...
Jeremiah: The Prophet Who Wouldn't Quit
Do you often feel that God drops you into situations for reasons you don't understand? Then shake hands with Jeremiah, a man who lived most of his life with those...
1199
Backporch Musings: My Memorable Journey of Life
Brenda Leaman has had quite a life and you are invited to join her as she walks down memory lane, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, as she recalls childhood memories,...
1200
O'er Stormy Seas: The Far-Flung Family of Mart and Mattie Zimmerman
This narrative history is organized around the heritage, experiences, and legacy of a Mennonite couple—Mart and Mattie (Martin) Zimmerman—whose lives spanned the tumultuous era of Lancaster County history played out...
4995
A Light Affliction
Once again Maureen Hay Read meets us on the doorstep of her home and invites us inside by way of her journal. Her blend of realism and hope told with...
799
Twenty-Six World Travel Adventures
Travel to near and far-reaching places on our incredibly beautiful planet with Kitty Baker as she pokes into off-the-path places from Antarctica to China, to the Gobi, to Italy, to...
1295
Along the Way: Volunteering with Mennonite Voluntary Services
Rather than retire to somewhere warm, the author and her husband chose to leave their home in Ohio and return to Colorado to use some of their "retirement" years working...
500
Jacob and Justina: Pilgrims, the Odyssey of a Family
The author shares a touching story of his maternal grandparents, Jacob and Justina Friesen, through the sufferings of war and famine in Russia to their hard toil in forcing a...
