Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters

“I am the grandson of Bishop Sam Mullet, who was arrested for the Amish beard—cutting attacks. This is my story.”

Beard—cutting attacks on Amish people in the middle of the night. Five incidents. Nine victims. How could members of a Christian tradition known for peace and forgiveness enact such violence? What could make members of one Amish group turn against other Amish? In Breakaway Amish, Johnny Mast tells in riveting detail how his Amish community became increasingly isolated from other ...