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Book Title: Shipshewana : an Indiana Amish Community
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Dorothy O. Pratt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Amish, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Travel, Religion, History
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
