lancaster county

Tells the story of how the Amish community at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, reacted to the October 2006 shooting of ten schoolgirls, and of their act of forgiveness to the shooter and their compassion to his family.

Shunned by her Amish community, Katie Lapp, sets out to find her birth mother, and discovers a very different world in the Finger Lakes Region of New York.

Describes the day-to-day life of a typical Amish family living on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A collection of photographs by Bill Coleman which capture the simplicity of life in the Amish culture.

Looks at the two massacres of Conestoga Indians in December 1763 by the Paxton Boys of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Offers an inside view of Amish women through interviews and conversations with women whom the author has known most of her life.

Gives examples of puzzling inconsistencies among the customs of the Amish people.