Bibliography

The following books are excellent books on the Pennsylvania Dutch, Amish and Mennonites.  The Rohrbach library has many books and other materials on these societies.  Please consult the research page for more information.

• Hark, Ann.  Blue hills and shoofly pie.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1952.
  Main Collection: F160 G3H372 1952

• Hark, Anne. Hex marks the spot.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938.
  Main Collection: F160 G3H37

• Hostetler, Beulah Stauffer.  American Mennonites and Protestant movements.  Scottsdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1987.
  In-depth history of the Mennonites.
  Main Collection: BX 8117 P4H67 1987

• Hostetler, John A. Amish Society. (4th ed) Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1993.
  Discusses history, sociology, and patterns of change and survival of the Amish way of life.
  Main Collection: E184 M45 H63 1993

• An introduction to Mennonite history (3rd ed.) edited by Cornelius J. Dyck.  Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1993.

• Kirchner, Audrey Burie and Margaret R. Tassia.  In days gone by: folklore and traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch  Edgewood: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
  Outline of Pennsylvania Dutch history, customs, folklore and recipes.
  Main Collection: GR 111 G47K57 1996

• Kraybill, Donald B. and Carl F. Bowman.  On the backroad to heaven.  Baltimore: John Hopkins, 2001.
  Treats Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish and Brethren.  Gives a brief background of each and then compares and contrasts the societies.
  Main Collection: BX8129 .H8K73 2001

• Nutting, Wallace.  Pennsylvania Beautiful.  Framingham: Old America, 1924.  
  Refers to Barn signs as hex signs.
  Main Collection: 917.48 N97

• Smith, Elmer L.  Hex signs and other barn decorations  Lebanon, Pa.: Applied Arts, 1965.
  Pictorial work on the meaning and artwork of hex signs.
  Main Collection: NK 1533 S56 1965e

• Smith's Story of the Mennonites, by C. Henry Smith.  (5th ed.)  Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life, 1981.
  In-depth history of the Mennonites.
  Main Collection: BX8115 .S65 1981

• Yoder, Don and Thomas E. Graves.  Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols & their meaning  (2nd ed.)  Mechanicsburg, Pa: Stackpole, 2000.
  Excellent treatise on history of hex signs.
  Main Collection: GT470 Y63 2000

• Zook, Jacob and Jane Zook. Hexology: the history and meaning of hex signs Paradise, Pa.: Jacob and Jane Zook, 1962.
  Pictorial work on the meaning and artwork of hex signs.
  Main Collection: GR110.P4 Z66

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