Mennonite Heritage Cruise - A Reading List for 2008



A: Five Books which are recommended as you prepare for the cruise:

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None But Saints: the Transformation of Mennonite Life in Russia 1789-1889 - James Urry - recently re-published with new material - very strongly recommended
A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union: 1789-1923 - Rempel & Rempel

Building On The Past: Mennonite Architecture, Landscape and Settlements in Russia/Ukraine - Rudy P.Friesen

Mennonite Historical Atlas (2nd edition) - Huebert & Schroeder

A Family Torn Apart - Justina D. Neufeld

 

B: Two very good books now out of print but available in Mennonite Historical Libraries & Colleges:

 

My Harp Is Turned To Mourning - Al Reimer

Czars, Soviets and Mennonites - John B. Toews

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C. Additional books which you will find helpful:

 
Hard Passage: A Mennonite Family's Long Journey from Russia to Canada: Arthur Kroeger
The Silence Echoes: Memoirs of Trauma and Tears - Sarah Dyck

Mennonite Estates in Imperial Russia: Helmut T. Huebert

Mennonites in the Cities of Imperial Russia, vol. 1: Helmut T. Huebert

The Russländer - Sandra Birdsell

Sweeter Than All The World - Rudy Wiebe

Journey into Freedom - Edith Friesen


Recommended Suppliers:

Canada McNally Robinson, Winnipeg

tory@grant.mcnallyrobinson.ca

Tory McNally

 1120 Grant Avenue

Winnipeg Manitoba R3M 2A6

Toll Free 1-800-561-1833

 

USA MennoLink Books and Music

Laura.Harder@MennoLink.org

Laura Harder, MennoLink

P. O. Box 525

Mountain Lake, MN 56159-0525

Toll Free 1-888-336-9599


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