{"title":"John L. Ruth","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"twas-seeding-time-a-mennonite-view-of-the-american-revolution-paperback","title":"'Twas Seeding Time: A Mennonite View of the American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose side will you be on?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill you fight for that side?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose were the questions facing Pennsylvania Mennonites as the North American colonies fought for independence from King George III.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colonial patriots wanted all able-bodied men to respond to the call to arms, or if conscience prevented that, to contribute liberally of their means to the patriots' cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what about their promise of loyalty to the king, who had provided them a haven of religious liberty, the likes of which they had not known in Europe? Would the patriots destroy the right of military exemption promised to the nonresistant people by William Penn?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the war dragged on, the Mennonites faced another difficult question. While trying to keep peace with their neighbors, would they be able to keep peace among themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition of John L. Ruth's classic work, you will learn about the struggles, triumphs, and human foibles of a peaceful community caught in the crossfire of the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368465793247,"sku":"9781680010411","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/70z3dqAhSy9781680010411.webp?v=1789128473"},{"product_id":"this-very-ground-this-crooked-affair-paperback","title":"This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair - Paperback","description":"\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369492578527,"sku":"9781680270198","price":54.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6x3GgtCn59781680270198.webp?v=1789142459"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-l-ruth.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}