Title The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge / Charles D. Thompson, Jr

Published Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description 1 online resource 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Old German Baptist Brethren -- Virginia -- Franklin County -- History Old German Baptist Brethren -- Virginia -- Franklin County -- Interviews SUBJECT Old German Baptist Brethren fast Subject German Americans -- Virginia -- Franklin County -- History Brethren (Brethren churches) -- 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 HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) RELIGION -- General. Farm life German Americans German Americans -- Social life and customs Manners and customs SUBJECT Franklin County (Va.) -- History Franklin County (Va.) -- Social life and customs Franklin County (Va.) -- Religious life and customs Subject Virginia -- Franklin County Genre/Form History Interviews Form Electronic book LC no. 2019718645 ISBN 9780252092657 0252092651 1283044110 9781283044110 9786613044112 6613044113

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