{"product_id":"this-very-ground-this-crooked-john-l-ruth-9781680270198","title":"This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Very Ground, This Crooked Affair\u003c\/em\u003e connects the centuries-old history of the author's Pennsylvania Mennonite homestead with that of the land's indigenous Lenape inhabitants, interweaving documented Pennsylvania history with the national pursuit of a Doctrine of Discovery-and the story of Mennonites who had themselves fled suffering and landlessness with the fates of Native Americans continent-wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn previous books, such as \u003cem\u003eMaintaining the Right Fellowship: A Narrative Account of Life in the Oldest Mennonite Community in North America\u003c\/em\u003e (1984) and \u003cem\u003eThe Earth is the Lord's: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Conference, \u003c\/em\u003e Ruth minimally acknowledged the Indigenous people replaced by his ancestors. In contrast, in \u003cem\u003eThis Very Ground, This Crooked Affair\u003c\/em\u003e he has continued to tell about William Penn, other colonists connected with Penn, and Mennonite immigrant settlers-but this time has placed the Lenapes of the Delaware Valley at the center rather than the margins of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As Kathleen Norris observes, 'The fact that one people's frontier s usually another's homeland is mostly overlooked.' But why should the lament of the displaced be any less of the story's music than the grateful praise of the displacers?\"\u003cem\u003e -John L. Ruth, in the Preface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Ruth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680270192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680270198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascadia Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"John L. Ruth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053737865471,"sku":"9781680270198","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8cd3f48-24a2-43d9-ba15-48a99d949fe0.jpg?v=1685025986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-very-ground-this-crooked-john-l-ruth-9781680270198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}