{"product_id":"hochstetler-story-with-photographs-maps-and-historical-background-9781513800370","title":"Hochstetler Story: With Photographs, Maps, and Historical Background","description":"\u003cp\u003eJacob Hochstetler was a peace-loving Amish settler on the Pennsylvania frontier when Native American warriors, goaded on by the hostilities of the French and Indian War, attacked his family one September night in 1757. Taken captive by the warriors and grieving for the family members just killed, Jacob found his beliefs about love and nonresistance severely tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob endured a hard winter as a prisoner in an Indian longhouse. Meanwhile, some members of his congregation--the first Amish settlement in America--moved away for fear of further attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hochstetler Story\u003c\/i\u003e includes maps, photographs, family tree charts, and other historical documents to help readers enter the story and era of the Hochstetler family. Author Ervin R. Stutzman assembled this information as he wrote \u003ci\u003eJacob's Choice\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel focused on the life of Jacob Hochstetler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStutzman, Ervin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eErvin R. Stutzman is author of \u003ci\u003eJacob's Choice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoseph's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTobias of the Amish\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmma, A Widow Among the Amish\u003c\/i\u003e. Born into an Amish home in Kalona, Iowa, Stutzman based the Return to Northkill series on the life of his ancestor, Jacob Hochstetler. He has been featured on TLC's \"Who Do You Think You Are?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herald Press (VA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524683010322,"sku":"9781513800370","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cf0fe41-12ec-4f92-a258-9ce8097d7da5.jpg?v=1731185492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hochstetler-story-with-photographs-maps-and-historical-background-9781513800370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}