{"product_id":"a-more-goodly-country-john-sanford-9798218169176","title":"A More Goodly Country: A Personal History of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning in A.D. 1000 with Leif Ericson and ending with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, John Sanford (1904-2003), recipient of the PEN Award and the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Lifetime Achievement Award, presents in poetic prose a searing personal history of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was, and it is, an unrelenting and accusatory book. No one who values his country can find its charges easy to bear-and yet I value my country, too, and the book was written only to make it better.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- John Sanford, in his preface to the 1982 Black Sparrow reissue of \u003cem\u003eA More Goodly Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sanford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8218169172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218169176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tough Poets Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.04d","brand":"John Sanford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583957004543,"sku":"9798218169176","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e5c1f68-e5c9-4273-b5a1-15765aac1290.jpg?v=1701884472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-more-goodly-country-john-sanford-9798218169176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}