Book Summary
Beautiful color photographs--often surprising in their intimacy--capture the Amish way of life today. In Indiana's Amish country, families work, play, and worship much as theyhave since they arrived in the 1800s. Here there are few modern-day conveniences todistract people from the important tasks of living plainly and serving their God. Inthis lovely book, well-known photographer Darryl D. Jones captures the spirit of theAmish people, their land, and their daily lives. Jones'sphotographs are at once inspiring and intimate, expressive of the landscape andthose who work the land. They do show the Amish as many have come to see them --plowing a field behind a team of horses, going to market in a black buggy, anddressed in suspenders and plain smocks. But Jones's photographs go beyond touristcaricature. In them we glimpse faces lined by hard work and wrinkled with pleasure;tasks performed in ways that seem timeless and tasks done with the aid of modernmachinery; young people who make a sport of harvest and join eagerly in a game ofbaseball. In them we glimpse as well the deep satisfaction of living in harmony withthe rhythms of life. Amish Life: Living Plainly and Serving God isa pictorial memento to be treasured.
Book Details
| Book Name | Amish Life: Living Plainly And Serving God |
| Author | Darryl L. Jones |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (May 2005) |
| ISBN | 9780253345943 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1091 |