Title: The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge /
Authors: Thompson, Charles Dillard.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Old German Baptist Brethren Virginia Franklin County History.; Old German Baptist Brethren Virginia Franklin County Interviews.; German Americans Virginia Franklin County History.; Brethren (Church of the Brethren) Virginia Franklin County Social life and customs.; German Americans Virginia Franklin County Social life and customs.; German Americans Virginia Franklin County Interviews.; Farm life Virginia Franklin County.; Brethren (Brethren churches) Virginia Franklin County Social life and customs.; Franklin County (Va.) History.; Franklin County (Va.) Social life and customs.; Franklin County (Va.) Religious life and customs.
Contents: Introduction: Nonresistance and change -- Part I : saints in the wilderness -- The ancient order -- The Carolina Road -- Part II : wilderness no more -- Raising citizens -- Community-based agriculture -- Adversity and perseverance -- Membership -- Hope -- Epilogue : they go quietly.