Simple Life Fretz
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1460285352 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The narrative voice ends with her conversations with him reflecting on simple matters of the heart. Winfield Fretz, the first Mennonite sociologist, told in his personable voice from childhood days on a Pennsylvania farm through years as a student, professor, researcher, author, and founding president of Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. The author has drawn from over 300 letters between her father and his older brother, recorded interviews, letters of her mother's, and personal conversations with her father. His daughter has captured the engaging life story of J. Excerpts from others on their interactions with this wonderfully spirited man are included.
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Simple Life Fretz" according to James Fretz. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Simple Life Fretz. Besides learning about Winfield Fretz and his many accomplishments, the Fretz family stories added a wonderful perspective to this "kitchen table memoir". It is a look into family life of the mid 1900's. There are two things I took away from reading this book. First, the importance of the support and mentoring that Winfield received from his brother John and leaders in the academic and Mennonite community. People who re. This is a very good read and a wonderful tribute to a great man Simple Life Fretz is a well written biography of an extraordinary man who lived a simple but profoundly influential life. Dr. Fretz left his humble impact on many lives and this account, told in the first person, leaves the reader wondering how Dr. Fretz would interpret today's political climate, with its stark contrast to his inclusive and peace promoting view of life. This is a very good read and a wonderful tribute to a great man.. Su Flickinger said A good read. This was an interesting approach to the usual biography, using writings by JW Fretz to tell his life story as if he was indeed writing this memoir. I thought it worked quite well and read easily and smoothly. The author brought out very clearly both the effect he had on a number of institutions and events as well as the rather matter-of-fact way he had of being involved with so many things. Not much ego involved, just interesting things that could be done. He was cle