Gesangbuch Der Mennoniten Brüdergemeinde Herausgegeben IM Auftrage Der Bundeskonferenz

Winnipeg MB: Gesangbuchkomitee der Mennoniten Brüdergemeinde von Nord Amerika, 1955. Hardcover. Previous owner's stamp on blank page, light dogearing of a few pages ; The latest date inside book is 1955 but the almost as new condition of the book makes in appear much newer. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles front and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 555 + indexes pages; A Hymn book in German for the Mennonite brotherhood. This edition was published by the Canadian conference of the Mennonite Brotherhood. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19461

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: hymnal mennonites

BROWN, ISAAC "IKE"

From Russian Steppe to Canadian Range

Three Hills, AB: Self Published, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0968302602. Card covers show light shelf wear and corner curl, very light soiling. ; A tight solid book. B&W photos ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 117 pages; The Brauns (Brown) left a Russian Mennonite settlement at the beginning of the 20th century and made their way to the farm country of Manitoba where many Mennonites settled over the years.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21712

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: mennonite History::Canada RELIGION

BUHR, JOANNA R.

Pursuit of a Vision: Persistence and Accomodation Among Coaldale Mennonites from the Mid

Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; Brown cloth boards have light shelfwear to corners. ; Inscribed by the author. A bright, solid book ; Map; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 263 pages; This is the author's Masters Thesis, written to satisfy requirements for her Master of Arts.. Fine .

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Book number: 8928

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: mennonite Canada Russia Alberta mennonite RELIGION History::Canada RELIGION

DICK, C. L

The Mennonite Conference of Alberta a History of Its Churches and Institutions

Edmonton, AB: Mennonite Conference of Alberta, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0889252211. Small tear near head of spine, tan cloth covered boards show light wear, previous owner's name on FFEP ; A bright solid, book ; B&W Illustrations; 147 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 11501

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0889252211 Mennonite Christianity Religion & Spirituality Protestantism RELIGION

ENGEL, JOYCE

Mennonite Brethren Church 1910

Winnipeg: Mennonite Brethren Church, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0920739016. Boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book. Many B&W photographs throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 136 pages; "The early history of the church has its roots in North Dakota. A large migration of Mennonite brethren and other German speaking people took place in 1874-1888 from southern Russia to the USA". From there, small groups branched out. One of these small groups ended up in Woodrow Saskatchewan on the Canadian Prairies and while the congregation of the Woodrow Gospel Chapel remains small it still thrives. The families and the ministries are a large part of the interest in this history.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20451

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0920739016 Woodrow Saskatchewan RUSSIA North dakota mennonite RELIGION

EPP, MARLENE

Mennonite Women in Canada a History

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2008. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0887557066. Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book.; Studies In Immigration And Culture; B&W Photographs; 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 378 pages; "Mennonite Women in Canada traces the complex social history and multiple identities of Canadian Mennonite women over 200 years. Marlene Epp explores women’s roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. The combined histories of Mennonite women offer a rich and fascinating study of how women actively participate in ordering their lives within ethno-religious communities.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20339

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0887557066 mennonite refugee Pioneer RELIGION

ESCH, HENRY D.

Mennonites in Arizona

Phoenix, AZ: Henry D. Esch, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume, inscribed by the author on the title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 20749

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: mennonite arizona RELIGION

FRIESEN, RHINEHART & CLIFF DERKSEN

A Mennonite Odyssey

Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0920534724. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. Covers creased along spine. ; A tight solid book. B&W photos and drawings ; 8.88 X 6.01 X 0.33 inches; 124 pages; One family's story of being transplanted from a Mennonite settlement in Russia to a sparsely settled and little developed southern Manitoba in the late 1800s.. Very Good .

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Book number: 20797

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0920534724 mennonite Manitoba RUSSIA RELIGION Biographies & Memoirs

GIESINGER, ADAM

From Catherine to Khrushchev the Story of Russia's Germans

Winnipeg, MB: A. Giesinger, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelfwear with a couple of short tears - boards show light shelf wear, date printed in ink on FFEP, previous owner's name inked out on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Extensive bibliography, notes and index at back. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages; This is a very thorough history of how groups of German Mennonites decided to relocate to a number of colonies in Russia, how they were treated there and how many of them decided in later years to find new homes around the world. Many of them from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, settled in the the US and Canadian Prairies as well as the West Coast and to South America. The German Mennonites who decided to stay in Russia were not treated well. They were relocated from the choice farming areas of the south to Siberia.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21120

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: mennonite Tarlyk villages wiesenseite volga colonies chortitza colonies RELIGION RUSSIA

HEIN, WILFRIED

A Witness in Times of War and Peace the Story of Gerhard Hein, a Mennonite Pastor Who Served in the Wehrmacht During World War II

Victoria, BC: Friesenpress, 2015. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1460251164. Light edge wear to card covers, top fore edge of fly leaf torn out ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 348 pages; "Gerhard Hein was born in 1905 into a German-speaking family in a Mennonite settlement near Ufa in the Ural Mountains of Russia. He later immigrated to Germany, where he studied theology, graduating as a minister in 1931. Hein was ordained as a pastor in 1935, serving several Mennonite communities in southwest Germany and Berlin. From 1940 - 1945 he served in the Wehrmacht as an interpreter, cracking secret Russian codes. Gerhard Hein was also the editor of several Mennonite journals, and co-editor and eventual sole editor of the German edition of the Mennonite Encyclopedia. Many of his German poems have been published in "Vertrauen, Freuen, Danken."Gerhard and his wife Lydia had two sons. His youngest son Wilfried translated his interesting war-time story and biography, because he believes that we can and should learn from historic events....". Very Good .

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Book number: 19474

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 1460251164 mennonite WWII RELIGION Biographies & Memoirs Militaria

JANTZ, HAROLD

Leaders Who Shaped Us; Canadian Mennonite Brethren 1910

Winnipeg: Kindred Productions, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1894791231. Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 9 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 324 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 18505

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 1894791231 mennonite Canada RUSSIA RELIGION

PETERS, KLAAS

The Bergthaler Mennonites

Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 1988. First English Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 092071823X. Card covers show very light shelf wear. Light sticker shadows on bottom back card cover. ; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations.; Trade PB; Bergthal Historical Series No. 3. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 91 pages; This is an English translation of Die Bergthaler Mennoniten und deren Auswanerung aus Russland und Einwanderung in Manitoba, translated by Margaret Loewen Reimer. Klaas Peters was born in Russia in 1855 and immigrated to Canada in 1875 as a 19 year old and died in 1932. This book gives the translation with notes and a biography of Peters by Leonard Doell as well as appendices.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20408

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 092071823X RUSSIA Bergthal Manitoba mennonite History::Canada RELIGION

PETERS, DOROTHY M. & KAMPEN, CHRISTINE S.

Daughters in the House of Jacob a Memoir of Migration

Winnipeg: Kindred Productions, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1894791460. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; "This memoir is about two Canadian Mennonite women (cousins) - a Bible professor and a pastor - and a surprising story of migration that traces their vocational calling across generations and gender, back to their Bible teaching - preaching grandfather Jacob and to their unforgettable great-grandmother Agatha.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19114

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 1894791460 mennonite RELIGION Biographies & Memoirs

PETERS, GERHARD I

A History of the First Mennonite Church, Greendale, B. C

Greendale BC: First Mennonite Church, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919213138. Covers lightly bowed. Only slight wear; A bright, solid book ; B&W Photographs; 93 pages; Published in English and German. Text with photos in English but main text is in 2 columns, left in English and right in German.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 15473

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0919213138 Church British Columbia Mennonite RELIGION

PETERS, JAKE

Mennonite Private Schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan 1874

Steinbach MB: Mennonite Village Museum, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0920739067. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. Stapled wraps. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 36 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19904

Catalogue: Religion::Mennonite

Keywords: 0920739067 Manitoba mennonite Saskatchewan RELIGION