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Holy experiment : the Warwick River Mennonite Colony, 1897-1970 / Jo Anne Kraus.
Van Pelt Library BX8131.N49 K73 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraus, Jo Anne, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 52.
- Studies in Anabaptist Mennonite and Mennonite history ; 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mennonites--Virginia--Newport News--History.
- Mennonites.
- Mennonites--United States--History.
- Warwick River Mennonite Church (Newport News, Va.)--History.
- Warwick River Mennonite Church (Newport News, Va.).
- History.
- Newport News (Va.)--Church history.
- Newport News (Va.).
- United States.
- Virginia--Newport News.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 399 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harrisonburg, Virginia : Herald Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A history of the Mennonite colony founded on the Warwick River in Virginia in 1897, the only one of the colonies founded as part of the Mennonite Church's post-Civil War "Southern strategy" to survive and eventually thrive"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Mennonites on the Move (1897)
- 2. Life on the Denbigh Plantation (1607-1898)
- 3. Seasoning and Settling (1898-1900)
- 4. Cooperation and Consolidation (1900-1910)
- 5. Portrait of a Bishop (1910-1916)
- 6. Youth at War (1917-1922)
- 7. Meeting the World
- Markets and Missions (1923-1935)
- 8. Accommodations for a New Age (1930-1945)
- 9. New Furrows (1945-1954)
- 10. From Colony to City (1950-1970).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781513807621
- 1513807625
- OCLC:
- 1194958000
- Publisher Number:
- 99986503625
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