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| A Modest Mennonite Home: The Story of the 1719 Hans Herr House, and Early Colonial Landmark. | | | Author: | Steve Frieson | | ISBN: | 0934672903 | | Format: | Handover | | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | Book Review | | | | A Modest Mennonite Home: The Story of the 1719 Hans Herr House, and Early Colonial Landmark. FROM THE PUBLISHER One corner of colonial American history -- that of the original settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania -- comes to life in this account of one immigrating Mennonite family who makes a home there. The Hans Herr House still stands today; Friesen has re-created the facts and ambience of the area when the limestone structure was built.
"Betsy and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book about my ancestral home."/ -- Andrew Wyeth
"Well researched, well-written, and with exceptionally attractive illustrations . . . this book will not disappoint anyone with an interest in early Pennsylvania history and/or culture." / -- Pennsylvania Folklife
SYNOPSIS From the Backcover "Betsy and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book about my ancestral home." -- Andrew Wyeth
Steve Friesen has been director of the Hans Herr House since 1985. A graduate of Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, he also holds a Master's Degree in American Folk Culture from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York. Involved with museums since 1976, Friesen served as director of the Kauffman Museum in North Newton, Kansas; as a museum technician with the public school system in Wichita, Kansas; and as a museum instructor and researcher with the Littleton Museum in Littleton, Colorado.
From 1982 to 1984 Friesen and his wife Jan spent two years in a voluntary service program with the Mennonite Central Committee in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Steve was director of the Center for Disarmament Education. He has also done museum planning and historical research on an independent consulting basis and is the author of numerous articles on a variety of historical topics.
The Friesens are members of Community Mennonite church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They live with their daughter, Elizabeth, in an early 1900s house in downtown Lancaster.
About the Photographer
John Herr played in the deserted Herr House as a boy during visits to his grandfather, Elvin Herr. He has photographed a wide range of historic and contemporary architecture. The photographer, his wife and two children, reside in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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