February 9, 2022
|9780822958017|An Early American Counterculture|Tells of the founding and subsequent history of Ephrata, a mystical religious community that flourished in eastern Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century. Its leader, Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who came to America in 1720 seeking spiritual peace and solitude. Settled in Lancaster County, his talents and charisma attracted other German settlers who shared his vision of a community built in the image of apostolic Christianity.| E.G. Alderfer| Regional| History / General History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)