© 2011 by Lorilee Craker

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Permission was granted by friends from the Amish community for use of their insights from interviews for Money Secrets of the Amish. Some names have been changed.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Craker, Lorilee.
Money secrets of the Amish : finding true abundance in simplicity, sharing, and saving / Lorilee Craker.
      p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59555-341-6 (alk. paper)
1. Consumer education—United States. 2. Thriftiness—United States. 3. Finance, Personal—United States. 4. Amish—United States. I. Title.
TX336.C73 2011
640.73—dc22
2010045825

Printed in the United States of America
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