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Author Davis, Martha Moore, 1951-

Title Sarah's seasons : an Amish diary & conversation / by Martha Moore Davis.

Publication Info. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (179 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A Bur oak original
Bur oak original.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 181).
Summary Sarah Fisher's brief daily notations, recorded on a calendar throughout 1976 and 1977, reveal an ongoing account of her seasonal routine. In many ways the straightforward simplicity of her writing is a reflection of her life near rural Kalona, Iowa, a life filled with what Martha Davis calls look-easy tasks undertaken without the conveniences of electricity, phones, or automobiles. For Sarah, diaries are a record. "A diary can settle a question, a disagreement," she tells Martha. "You look back and see what took place. That's history." Through their conversations, Martha soon discovered she had more in common with Sarah than diary writing. Though Davis lived in mainstream culture, an "English" person as the Amish say, like Sarah she grew up on a farm in rural Iowa during the 1950s and 1960s. Like Martha, Sarah had spent several years as a teacher. In Sarah's Seasons Martha Davis shares their common experiences and common interests - gardening, quilting, and cooking. Alongside Sarah's diary, Martha presents their shared recipes and conversations as well as reflections on her own more modern existence. Because of her friendship with Sarah, the author found a new sense of belonging to and purpose in the mainstream world. In the end, Sarah's diary becomes for Martha a meditation on time and community.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Fisher, Sarah -- Diaries.
Fisher, Sarah -- Diaries.
Fisher, Sarah.
Amish -- Iowa -- Kalona Region -- Diaries.
Amish.
Iowa -- Kalona Region.
Genre/Form Diaries.
Subject Amish women -- Iowa -- Kalona Region -- Diaries.
Amish women.
Kalona Region (Iowa) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Diaries.
Added Author Fisher, Sarah.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, Martha Moore, 1951- Sarah's seasons. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1997 0877455961 (DLC) 97010556 (OCoLC)36675979
ISBN 1587290448 (electronic book)
9781587290442 (electronic book)
0877455961 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
087745597X (paper ; alkaline paper)
9780877455967 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780877455974 (paper ; alkaline paper)
9780877457428