It's not really "Dutch" though they are called Pennsylvania Dutch--it's Deutsche(German)--Liked this book too.

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James A. Michener's book set in a fictionalized Lancaster County is The Novel (1991). It is about the life of a fictional writer of historical novels set in a Pennsylvania Dutch town called Grenzler.

Genre: Historical fiction, though with a more personal focus on the writer.

Setting: The fictional Pennsylvania Dutch town of Grenzler, a location Michener based on his observations of the Lancaster County area.

Subject: The story is told from the viewpoints of several characters involved with a writer, Lukas Yoder, who is similar to Michener himself.

The Novel: A Novel: Michener, James A., Berry, Steve

In 1967, when I was forty-four, I imagined a compact little enclave in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, sixteen miles east to west,

Amazon.com The Novel - Wikipedia The Novel (1991) is a novel written by American author James A. Michener. A departure from Michener's better known historical fict... Wikipedia