Root out of Dry Ground

E-193: W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co , Grand Rapids, MI. 1948. 323 pages. Signed and inscribed by the author Argye Briggs on the title page. First Editon/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Boards have light shelf-wear present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. For anyone who grew up in West Texas or Oklahoma a long time ago, this book will bring memories tumbling back. It is a novel, but the depictions of poverty and the hope of riches from oil are true. The family in the novel are a lot like a family you may know---some good citizens and some lamed creatures who are all trying to do the best they can, despite harsh poverty, with very mixed results. Jansie, the humpbacked oldest sister, emerges as the central figure, a woman scarred by hard times who ultimately becomes a reluctant Christian and the anchor of her family. Chris, her foundling daughter, has to decide whether she wants to turn her back on the people who raised her or not. There are episodes in the book, like a bad influenza epidemic, that are far more true than I'd like. E-193; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages; Signed by Author .