Go behind the beards in this daring insiderās look at the curious Amish subculture of Pennsylvania Dutch Country!
Is the āplain and simpleā life really so plain and simple? How do the Amish live without cars? Electricity? NFL football? The truth is, they donāt. More than fifty million people have watched āLebanonā Levi Stoltzfus in Discovery Channelās 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 itās 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 lifeāthe good and the badāall the dirty little secrets youāre not supposed to know. From Wi-Fi āpleasure huts,ā to prostitutes, to marijuana and cocaine, youāll never look at the Amish the same.
It isnāt 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 conveniencesāand hide their indiscretionsāwill 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 āpassā 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?
āLebanonā Levi blows the top off the buggy with this scandalous insiderās exposĆ©, proving that even the Amish donāt always practice what they preach.