Jacobs Choice by Ervin Stutzman
Brand: Herald Press (VA)
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.312 Pages. show more
Condition : New
Author : Ervin Stutzman
Weight : 469
Publisher : Herald Press VA
Language : English
EAN : 9780836196818
ISBN10 : 0836196813
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20120701
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 305 Pages Illustrations Black And White
Dimensions : 217 X 140 X 20