Article Author: Joel H. Nofziger | Brethren In Christ Historical Society

Brown Sugar Sandwiches and Other Stories
Memories from My Life

August 2023 p. 250–252 | Book Review

MORRIS SIDER. Brown Sugar Sandwiches and Other Stories: Memories from My Life. Mechanicsburg, PA: Brethren in Christ Historical Society, 2021. 201 pp. $10.00 US. Black and White Illustrations. Brown Sugar Sandwiches ends by quoting the Psalms: “My lot has fallen in pleasant places” (16:6). This verse is as fitting an...read more

Selling the Amish

By Joel H. Nofziger

April 2017 p. 164–166 | Book Review

SUSAN L. TROLLINGER. Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2012. Pp 193. $US 50. For many years, one of the many shops along Lincoln Highway as it cuts across Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, proudly declared its wares: “Not Just Stuff, Amish Stuff!” Trollinger promises us...read more