The Old German Baptist Brethren
Subtitle: faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge
By: Charles D. Thompson, Jr.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780252031038; 9780252073434
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.; Franklin County (Va.) -- History.; Franklin County (Va.) -- Social life and customs.; Franklin County (Va.) -- Religious life and customs.
Genres: Interviews.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Nonresistance and change; title: Part I : saints in the wilderness; title: The ancient order; title: The Carolina Road; title: Part II : wilderness no more; title: Raising citizens; title: Community-based agriculture; title: Adversity and perseverance; title: Membership; title: Hope; title: Epilogue : they go quietly.