{"product_id":"this-very-ground-this-crooked-affair-paperback","title":"This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Ruth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRaylene Hinz-Penner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784180400416,"sku":"9781680270198","price":54.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c1815627ea252ada16c042f9d51858cf.webp?v=1780601570","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-very-ground-this-crooked-affair-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}