, ▁received ▁that ▁school ' s ▁Hop wood ▁Award . ▁That ▁book ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁the ▁Am ish ▁of ▁Indiana ▁motiv ated ▁Y oder ▁to ▁correct ▁its ▁har sh ▁s tere ot ypes ▁with ▁a ▁better ▁book ▁about ▁Am ish ▁life , ▁so ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁he ▁wrote ▁Ros anna ▁of ▁the ▁Am ish , ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁life ▁( and ▁his ▁own ). ▁He ▁later ▁wrote ▁a ▁sequ el , ▁Ros anna ' s ▁Boys ▁( 1 9 4 8 ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁books ▁present ing ▁and ▁recording ▁what ▁he ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁tr uer ▁picture ▁of ▁Am ish ▁culture . ▁ ▁His ▁musical ▁background ▁enabled ▁him ▁to ▁trans cribe ▁traditional ▁Am ish ▁slow ▁music ▁into ▁musical ▁notation ▁( Am ische ▁L ieder , ▁ 1 9 4 2 ). ▁He ▁documented ▁what ▁he ▁and ▁others ▁feel ▁are ▁surprising ▁historic ▁par alle ls ▁between ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁Am ish ▁t unes ▁and ▁Greg or ian ▁Ch ant ; ▁some ▁Am ish ▁were ▁reported ly ▁initially ▁dist ress ed ▁by ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁analysis . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁writing ▁consists ▁of ▁recording ▁Am ish ▁custom s ▁and ▁of ▁the ological ▁and ▁Bib lic al ▁ex eg esis ▁rel ating ▁to ▁Am ish ▁practice , ▁particularly ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁Me id ung , ▁or ▁sh unning , ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁join ▁and ▁then ▁later ▁leave ▁the ▁Am ish ▁church . ▁ ▁Joseph ▁Y oder ▁died ▁on ▁November ▁ 1