Contents
Fixing Tradition

Foreword by Marlene Epp 9

Series Editor’s Preface 11

Author’s Preface 13

Introduction 15

1 Two-Language Child • 21

Community Context

Cultural Resistance

Amish, Irish, and English

Church Affiliation

Education

Physical Culture

Progressive High School Principal

2 The Body and Spirit of Progress • 57

Elkhart Institute

Northwestern University

Troubles in Elkhart

Juniata College

3 The Singing Bachelor • 95

"He Was a Bachelor"

Central State Normal School and Singing Master

"Mr. and Mrs. Hooley and Mr. Yoder"

4 "Being Amish-Born:"
Rosanna of the Amish (1940) and Amische Lieder (1942) • 137

Straw in the Wind

Rosanna as Resistance

Truthful and Textworthy

Amische Lieder

5 From Scribe to Prophet:
Rosanna’s Boys (1949) and Amish Traditions (1950) • 166

J. W. Yoder, the Reformer

John. A. Hostetler

John D. Yoder

John R. Renno

Law and Grace

Bondage, Liberty, and Lucy Hochstetler

6 A Final Plea for Liberty:
The Prayer Veil Analyzed (1954) • 199

Healthful Visionary

The Prayer Veil

Paul Erb

James Payne

"In the Dog House"

J. E. Hartzler

The Prayer Veil Analyzed

Epilogue: Field Work and Folk Talk 229

Notes 243

Image Credits and Identification 263

Archives and Interviews 266

Timeline 268

Map 270-271

The Index 272

The Author 280

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