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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor
Life in author Loren Beachy’s Amish community brims with old-fashioned box socials, smart-alecky students, and pranks involving pink duct tape and black pepper. Meet the young women who manage to be late for church twice in one day and the man who plans to fight drowsiness by jogging beside his horse and buggy. Cheer for Beachy and his cousins in cut-throat baseball games, and join community members as they surround and support a family in their loss. With the witty warmth of small-town storytellers like Garrison Keillor and Jan Karon, Beachy invites readers into his life as a creative, wise, and wisecracking Old Order Amish schoolteacher and auctioneer.

Hear straight from Amish people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each Plainspoken book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish.

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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor
Life in author Loren Beachy’s Amish community brims with old-fashioned box socials, smart-alecky students, and pranks involving pink duct tape and black pepper. Meet the young women who manage to be late for church twice in one day and the man who plans to fight drowsiness by jogging beside his horse and buggy. Cheer for Beachy and his cousins in cut-throat baseball games, and join community members as they surround and support a family in their loss. With the witty warmth of small-town storytellers like Garrison Keillor and Jan Karon, Beachy invites readers into his life as a creative, wise, and wisecracking Old Order Amish schoolteacher and auctioneer.

Hear straight from Amish people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each Plainspoken book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish.

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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor

Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor

by Loren Beachy
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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor

Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor

by Loren Beachy

Overview

Life in author Loren Beachy’s Amish community brims with old-fashioned box socials, smart-alecky students, and pranks involving pink duct tape and black pepper. Meet the young women who manage to be late for church twice in one day and the man who plans to fight drowsiness by jogging beside his horse and buggy. Cheer for Beachy and his cousins in cut-throat baseball games, and join community members as they surround and support a family in their loss. With the witty warmth of small-town storytellers like Garrison Keillor and Jan Karon, Beachy invites readers into his life as a creative, wise, and wisecracking Old Order Amish schoolteacher and auctioneer.

Hear straight from Amish people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each Plainspoken book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780836199079
Publisher: MennoMedia
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Series: Plainspoken: Book One
Edition description: First
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Loren Beachy is an Old Order Amish auctioneer and elementary schoolteacher. Born in central Ohio, Beachy became a Hoosier at eight years of age when his family moved to northern Indiana. After attending Reppert Auction School, he attained his dream of being an auctioneer at age eighteen. A columnist for the Goshen News, Beachy resides with his parents and eight siblings in Goshen, Indiana, where he teaches school and conducts auctions. He is a happy member of the Old Order Amish church and enjoys fast horses, strong coffee, and hot peppers.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Plainspoken 11

Authors Note 13

A Day in the Life of the Author 15

Part I Autumn

1 Late for Church 23

2 Bouncy Belinda 30

3 The Defeat of Chipper Chester 33

4 Box Social 37

5 A Sister's Logic 40

6 A Borrowed Bike and a Wheeled Chair 43

7 Soggy Cycling 46

8 A Bass Pro 49

9 The Gifted Lloyd Yoder 52

10 Lloyd Yoder Reprise 55

11 The Kansas Andy Boys' Good Deed 58

Part II Winter

12 If You Get Out of Your Buggy, Get Ready to Run 63

13 Spelling Bee Jitters 67

14 Wisecrack Wanda 70

15 That Gilligan Can Run 73

16 Windy Willy's Hot Axe 76

17 Auctions and Pranks 79

18 The Whiteboard Wars 84

19 The Pen Is Mightier than the Breakfast Burrito 87

20 The Grand Canyon in Winter 91

21 The Children of Israel Enter Rural Topeka 97

Part III Spring

22 School Visitation 105

23 Sign Your Notes, Smarty! 108

24 Wisecrack Wanda's Slump 111

25 Mudville Madness 115

26 The Shellacking 118

27 Murder Mountain 121

28 My Friend, the Legend 125

29 The Brick Landed in Pennsylvania 130

30 God's Quilt 133

Part IV Summer

31 The Best West Quest 139

32 Golden Gate Bridge 146

33 How Do You Play Basketball? 151

34 Conquering Upper Yosemite Falls 156

35 Final Legs of the Best West Quest 161

36 How the Catfish Cleans His Teeth 168

37 Hay Bales 170

38 The Kansas Andy Boys Strike Again 174

39 Canoe Chivalry 178

40 Bucket List 181

FAQs about the Amish: The Author Answers 185

The Author 191

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Beachy’s witty and charming stories capture the joy and delight of Amish life.”

—Donald B. Kraybill, author of The Riddle of Amish Culture

“For years I have harbored a secret desire to join the Amish. Now I can chase my Amish dream through this wonderful book by Loren Beachy. This treasure of a book has taken me into their homes, and them into my heart. What a jewel of a story.”

—Philip Gulley, author of the Harmony and Hope series

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