Pieced in the Plains: Kansas Amish Quilts and Cultural Adaptation

Authors

Janneken L. Smucker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

2004

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 24:1 (Winter 2004). Copyright © 2004 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

While the Old Order Amish are often thought of as the plain-dressing religious sect that attracts millions of tourists annually to Pennsylvania Dutch country, this Anabaptist group also has a significant history in the Great Plains.