Johnny Mast's Breakaway Amish: Growing Up
MILLERSBURG — While the rest of the world sat captivated as a group of men and women, along with their leader, were charged with federal hate crimes for viciously cutting the hair and beards of Amish men and women, Johnny Mast was inside looking out of what he now realizes was a cult.
“Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters” recently was released and now is available for purchase at Gospel Bookstore in Berlin.
He appeared for a book signing at the store over the summer and will return again, along with some 40 other authors, on Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-noon. He also is scheduled to be at 29th Annual Buckeye Book Fair, to be held Nov. 5, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Fisher Auditorium, on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.
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They definitely idolized Sam.”
“I don't know if he will ever get out,” said Mast, considering both Mullet's age and an appeal of the conviction and sentence are pending. Nevertheless, “I'm not scared of him.”
He's fairly certain, if Mullet is released, he will attempt to take legal action against him, for allegations made in the book. “If he gets hold of it, he will try to have a lawsuit against me. I knew it could happen when I started this project, but I know he doesn't have a flying chance to win.”
At the end of the day, Mast said, “The biggest thing I want people to realize and take away from this book is we have to be very careful with leadership and following people. We're all human. Any one of us could just as well be a leader. We all have to think for ourselves and live and do what makes us happy and not live our lives to please someone else.”
Gospel Bookstore owner Eli Hochstetler read the book and has talked with Mast about not only its contents but the entire
“Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters” recently was released and now is available for purchase at Gospel Bookstore in Berlin.
He appeared for a book signing at the store over the summer and will return again, along with some 40 other authors, on Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-noon. He also is scheduled to be at 29th Annual Buckeye Book Fair, to be held Nov. 5, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Fisher Auditorium, on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.
Mast, the …show more content…
They definitely idolized Sam.”
“I don't know if he will ever get out,” said Mast, considering both Mullet's age and an appeal of the conviction and sentence are pending. Nevertheless, “I'm not scared of him.”
He's fairly certain, if Mullet is released, he will attempt to take legal action against him, for allegations made in the book. “If he gets hold of it, he will try to have a lawsuit against me. I knew it could happen when I started this project, but I know he doesn't have a flying chance to win.”
At the end of the day, Mast said, “The biggest thing I want people to realize and take away from this book is we have to be very careful with leadership and following people. We're all human. Any one of us could just as well be a leader. We all have to think for ourselves and live and do what makes us happy and not live our lives to please someone else.”
Gospel Bookstore owner Eli Hochstetler read the book and has talked with Mast about not only its contents but the entire