{"product_id":"9781946446114","title":"But I Do Believe In God's Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Conrad Kerr, prestigious Columbus Lawyer, sees the obituary of childhood friend, college roommate and draft dodger, Deacon Thomas, in the Columbus Dispatch, he begins a geographical and emotional journey introducing him to a people and landscape that will ultimately transform his predictable, upper class life.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book is set in the mid-1990s, primarily in Morgan County, Ohio. The discovery of Deacon’s remains in southern Colorado, and subsequent burial brings together a group of high school friends, Morgan County relatives and other assorted locals.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe group gathered in Chesterhill perform a post-mortem of sorts on the extant detritus of Deacon Thomas’s brief life contained in a box Connie has held for twenty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThey discover his writings for English Seminars, the only academic work produced during three quarters at OSU.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThey listen to Deacon’s stories, tales told by his relatives and visit sites—Big Bottom Massacre, Hook’s grave and Morgan’s Raid Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merissa V. Grayson, Esq.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177804316912,"sku":"9781946446114","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946446114_p0.jpg?v=1763798356","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946446114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}