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A community of memory : my days with George and Clara

Title
A community of memory : my days with George and Clara / Jeff Gundy.
Author
Gundy, Jeffrey Gene, 1952-
Publication
Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Description
xvi, 158 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
  • Using family photos, records, recollections, and historical research, Gundy follows seven generations through time and space: from Bavaria and Alsace to Ohio to Illinois in the 1830s; from frontier dwellings with dirt floors to homes with refrigerators.
  • He also follows them intellectually, from a strict to a broader interpretation of religious doctrine in the 1870s, which led to a schism within the already small Mennonite community; from a longstanding position on pacifism and conscientious objection to some questioning of this stance during World War II.
Series Statement
Creative nonfiction
Uniform Title
Creative nonfiction (Urbana, Ill.)
Subjects
Contents
Partial Genealogy of the Gundy Family -- 1. Half a World Away: John Strubhar, 1837 -- 2. In the Land of Dreams: Marie Gerber Strubhar, 1837 -- 3. To the Black Woods: Barbara Gundy, 1834 -- 4. The Trials of Joseph Joder, 1872 -- 5. From Waterloo to New Orleans: Peter Nafziger, 1882 -- 6. Successful Farming: Jacob Gundy, 1893 -- 7. Signs and Wonders: Valentine Strubhar, 1932 -- 8. In Search of George and Clara.
ISBN
0252064968 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
95008456
OCLC
  • 32276315
  • ocm32276315
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries