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Mennonites in Russia? Invited by Catherine the Great to farm the Russian steppes -- in exchange for exemption from military service -- Mennonite emigrants from Polish Prussia and The Netherlands made their home in Russia. Some remain today; many more eventually left for North and South Americas and Europe. Nearly all retain memories and stories from that place -- unbelievable prosperity for some; unspeakable terror for many; church tensions; struggles between the landed and the landless; exquisite clockmaking, storytelling, musicmaking, and food. Himself a Russian Mennonite, Kroeker heads into the history, but also the later movement of these people to the U.S. and Canada. Are they at all distinctive today? What has drawn some to the cities and professions, and others to the rural prairies? What about those in Europe, and those still in the former Soviet Union? Kroeker tells it all with vibrancy -- the overview and the memorable details. Includes dozens of historic and contemporary photographs. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.… (altro)
"Mennonites in Russia? Invited by Catherine the Great to farm the Russian steppes - in exchange for exemption from military service - Mennonite emigrants from Polish Prussia and the Netherlands made their home in Russia. Some remain today; many more eventually left for North and South Americas and Europe. Nearly all retain memories and stories from that place - unbelievable prosperity for some; unspeakable terror for many; church tensions; struggles between the landed and the landless; exquisite clockmaking, storytelling, music-making, and food. Kroeker tells it all with vibrancy - the overview and the memorable details. Includes dozens of historic and contemporary photographs." --back cover
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Travel the plains of Kansas in late spring and you will see plenty of wheat. The fields are a wall-to-wall carpet of natural green, laid down by human hands and the forces of nature. Growing there is a special kind of wheat, with hard, protein-rich kernels that make top-quality flour for the best grade of bread. Kansas Mennonites will be happy to explain how this particular variety of wheat came to mid-America.
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Different kinds of homelands are being occupied as Mennonites thread fresh paths of diversity, embrace new brothers and sisters around the globe, and reweave the strands that bind together this remarkable people, the Mennonites.
Mennonites in Russia? Invited by Catherine the Great to farm the Russian steppes -- in exchange for exemption from military service -- Mennonite emigrants from Polish Prussia and The Netherlands made their home in Russia. Some remain today; many more eventually left for North and South Americas and Europe. Nearly all retain memories and stories from that place -- unbelievable prosperity for some; unspeakable terror for many; church tensions; struggles between the landed and the landless; exquisite clockmaking, storytelling, musicmaking, and food. Himself a Russian Mennonite, Kroeker heads into the history, but also the later movement of these people to the U.S. and Canada. Are they at all distinctive today? What has drawn some to the cities and professions, and others to the rural prairies? What about those in Europe, and those still in the former Soviet Union? Kroeker tells it all with vibrancy -- the overview and the memorable details. Includes dozens of historic and contemporary photographs. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
steppes - in exchange for exemption from military service - Mennonite emigrants
from Polish Prussia and the Netherlands made their home in Russia. Some remain
today; many more eventually left for North and South Americas and Europe.
Nearly all retain memories and stories from that place - unbelievable
prosperity for some; unspeakable terror for many; church tensions; struggles
between the landed and the landless; exquisite clockmaking, storytelling,
music-making, and food. Kroeker tells it all with vibrancy - the overview and
the memorable details. Includes dozens of historic and contemporary
photographs." --back cover