Amish Books

Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country-doctor returns to his roots. House Calls and Hitching Posts is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's 36 years practicing medicine among the Amish of Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year. This is the story of a beloved doctor working among a respected people and the insights they exchanged, told by someone who knows both firsthand. Hoover's anecdotal style takes readers on house calls and into the private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And three-year-old Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth, only to be crushed under a tractor wheel. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes many photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career.

Stunning color photography is beautifully reproduced alongside informative, expanded text.

Ruth Hoover grew up in a Mennonite family, and her text about the Amish and Mennonite lifestyle is insightful and touching. Blair Seitz contributes 150 color photos.

This book provides a long and close look at the largest Amish and Mennonite community in the world, Holmes County, Ohio. It features portraits of the men and women living in Holmes County and reveals their thoughts on their lives there. 174 pages. 11.5" x 10". Hardcover. Hundreds of color photos.