Go behind the beards in this daring insiderâs look at the curious Amish subculture of Pennsylvania Dutch Country!
Is the âplain and simpleâ life really so plain and simple? How do the Amish live without cars? Electricity? NFL football? The truth is, they donât. More than fifty million people have watched âLebanonâ Levi Stoltzfus in Discovery Channelâs hit show Amish Mafia, where he dispenses justice and keeps the peace among the seemingly quiet, insular Amish people of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Now, he reveals what itâs really like to be Amish. Not the buggies, bonnets, and beards image the tight-knit community has portrayed for hundreds of years to the relentless curiosity of outsiders. The real-deal, day-to-day lifeâthe good and the badâall the dirty little secrets youâre not supposed to know. From Wi-Fi âpleasure huts,â to prostitutes, to marijuana and cocaine, youâll never look at the Amish the same.
It isnât easy keeping your feet planted firmly in the 1800s when the rest of the world is centuries ahead. Not even for the most God-fearing among us. The Amish have their own unique way of doing everything, and the lengths they will go to indulge in modern conveniencesâand hide their indiscretionsâwill shock you. What have you been dying to know? How about what really happens when someone is shunned? Or whether the Amish pay taxes? Do they ever try to âpassâ as English (in other words, non-Amish)? How rampant is illicit sex in such a repressed society? Can individuals make themselves stand out despite the strict rules? Why would the Amish take such risks when the punishment is eternal damnation?
âLebanonâ Levi blows the top off the buggy with this scandalous insiderâs exposĂŠ, proving that even the Amish donât always practice what they preach.