Jacobs Choice by Stutzman Ervin R. Stutzman
Brand: Mennomedia, Inc.
Product Description
Jacob Hochstetler is a peaceloving Amish settler on the Pennsylvania frontier when Native American warriors goaded on by the hostilities of the French and Indian War attack his family one September night in 1757. Taken captive by the warriors and grieving for the family members just killed Jacob finds his beliefs about love and nonresistance severely tested. Jacob endures a hard winter as a prisoner in an Indian longhouse. Meanwhile some members of his congregationthe first Amish settlement in Americamove away for fear of further attacks. Based on actual events Jacobs Choice describes how one mans commitment to pacifism leads to a season of captivity a complicated romance an unrelenting search for missing family members and an astounding act of forgiveness and reconciliation. 392 Pages. show more
Condition : New
Author : Stutzman Ervin R. Stutzman
Weight : 753
Publisher : Mennomedia Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9780836198751
ISBN10 : 0836198751
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20130601
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 392 Pages
Dimensions : 216 X 140