Gardening the Amana way /

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Author / Creator:	Rettig, Lawrence L.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (121 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Series:	A bur oak book Bur oak book.
Subject:	Amana Society. Amana Society. Gardens -- Iowa -- Amana. Gardening -- Iowa -- Amana. Gardening -- Iowa -- Amana -- History. Gardening. Gardens. Iowa -- Amana. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868959

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ISBN:	9781609382193 1609382196 9781609381905 1609381904
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Gardening in Iowa's Amana Colonies is the culmination of techniques that stretch back several centuries to central Europe, when adherents to a new faith called the Community of True Inspiration formed their own self-reliant communities. As a child of parents who were part of the communal life of the Amana Society, Larry Rettig pays homage to the Amana gardening tradition and extends it into the twenty-first century. Each of the seven villages in Amana relied on the food prepared in its communal kitchens, and each kitchen depended on its communal garden for most of the d.
Other form:	Print version: Rettig, Lawrence L. Gardening the Amana way. First edition 9781609381905

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