Amana Style: Furniture, Arts, Crafts, Architecture & Gardens
The German immigrants who settled the Amana Colonies of Iowa in 1855 brought with them a rich cultural heritage of arts and crafts. That heritage is explored, and celebrated, in this book. This...
View ArticleAmanas Yesterday
This book shows historic photographs of the Amana Colonies in Iowa, one of the longest lasting communal societies in America. Though time took its toll on the communal life in the Amana Colonies, the...
View ArticleThe Amanas: A Photographic Journey 1959-1999
For almost a half century, Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret, publisher of Penfield Books, has photographed the people, events, and treasures of the Amana Colonies in Iowa. This collection includes more than...
View ArticleEastern Iowa’s Historic Barns and Other Farm Structures: Including the Amana...
Originally there were approximately 200,000 barns built in Iowa. Now it is estimated that only 60,000 barns remain, with another 1,000 or more barns disappearing from Iowa’s landscape annually. This...
View ArticleEastern Iowa’s Historic Barns and Other Farm Structures: Including the Amana...
Originally there were approximately 200,000 barns built in Iowa. Now it is estimated that only 60,000 barns remain, with another 1,000 or more barns disappearing from Iowa’s landscape annually. This...
View ArticleGerman: How to Speak and Write It
This is probably the most delightful, useful and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written German, with or without a teacher. Working on the principle that a person...
View ArticleKolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana
Founded as a communal society in 1855 by German Pietists, the seven villages of Iowa's Amana Colonies make up a community whose crafts, architecture, and institutions reflect and to an extent...
View ArticleGardening the Amana Way
Gardening the Amana Way 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...
View ArticleMagnetic Bookmark – South Amana Tulips
South Amana Tulips. Magnetic bookmark. Magnet (2 x 3 inches) also available. copyright Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret photograph The post Magnetic Bookmark – South Amana Tulips first appeared on Penfield...
View ArticleMagnet – Iowa – Price Creek Bluebells
Price Creek bluebells, in Iowa. Magnet. Photo by David Heusinkveld.The post Magnet – Iowa – Price Creek Bluebells first appeared on Penfield Books.
View ArticleMagnet – Amana Spring
Spring in the Amana Colonies 2″ x 3″magnet The post Magnet – Amana Spring first appeared on Penfield Books.
View ArticleA Century of Amana Life Echoes of Elise
Nestled in the Iowa River valley of Eastern Iowa are the historic Amana Colonies. These seven villages display vestigial signs of one of the longest-lived communal societies in American history. The...
View ArticleKolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana
Founded as a communal society in 1855 by German Pietists, the seven villages of Iowa's Amana Colonies make up a community whose crafts, architecture, and institutions reflect and to an extent...
View ArticleMagnet – Amana Colonies, Water Lily
Amana Colonies water lily on Lily Lake. 2″ x 3″ magnet Also available as a postcard. Wholesale rates available.The post Magnet – Amana Colonies, Water Lily first appeared on Penfield Books.
View ArticleWillow Basketry of the Amana Colonies
This book covers the history of basketry in the Amana Colonies in Iowa and gives directions on how to make baskets. Patterns for willow baskets by Joanna and her accomplished students are available at...
View ArticleMagnet – South Amana Tulips
South Amana tulips 2" x 3"magnet, magnetic bookmark also available ©Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret photoThe post Magnet – South Amana Tulips first appeared on Penfield Books.
View ArticleWillow Basketry for the Very Beginner
Joanna Schanz wrote this manual and uses it in her basketry classes throughout the United States. Joanna creates both traditional and not-so traditional willow baskets. Many are in private collections...
View ArticleMagnet – Amana Tiger Lilies
Tiger Lilies 2" x 3" ©David Heusinkveld photoThe post Magnet – Amana Tiger Lilies first appeared on Penfield Books.
View ArticleEastern Iowa’s Historic Barns and Other Farm Structures: Including the Amana...
Originally there were approximately 200,000 barns built in Iowa. Now it is estimated that only 60,000 barns remain, with another 1,000 or more barns disappearing from Iowa’s landscape annually. This...
View ArticleEastern Iowa’s Historic Barns and Other Farm Structures: Including the Amana...
Originally there were approximately 200,000 barns built in Iowa. Now it is estimated that only 60,000 barns remain, with another 1,000 or more barns disappearing from Iowa’s landscape annually. This...
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