Johann Author:Everett J. Thomas Eight-year old Johann and his family arrived in Pennsylvania in 1747 on a ship named Restauration. The Thomas family, Mennonite pacifists escaping persecution in Europe, arrived just in time to experience the end of the Friends' control of the Pennsylvania legislature with pacifism as the official state policy toward Native Americans. This histo... more »rical fiction traces Johann's next ten years through the unfolding French and Indian War.« less