Portrait of a Community: The History and Roots of Homestead Heritage - A Brief Survey

Adams, Blair

ISBN 10: 0916387003 / ISBN 13: 9780916387006

Published by Colloquium Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Portrait of a Community: The History and Roots of Homestead Heritage - A Brief Survey
• Publisher: Colloquium Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916387003
• ISBN 13: 9780916387006
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 6 ounces

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Synopsis

This sketch of a small agricultural community (Homestead Heritage) in rural Texas briefly recounts a journey of discovery so remarkable that it became an exodus. The story begins in the slums of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen in 1973. It continues with a step-by-step transformation of city dwellers into a people of the land, an unfolding process that gradually encompassed all areas of life. These many steps of transformation finally came together in a mosaic that formed an entirely different cultural alternative. In the course of its journey, the community revived its roots in the 500-year-old Anabaptist tradition, developing sustainable agricultural and craft skills that they now teach to thousands of others. One recent visitor said, “This is a place where ordinary people working together do extraordinary things very well.” Some only dream of such a life, but this is a story to inspire “ordinary people” everywhere to believe that their dreams can become a reality, too.