{"product_id":"not-from-here-a-memoir-hardback-9781439912454","title":"Not from Here; A Memoir (Hardback) 9781439912454","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNot from Here\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAllan Johnson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439912454\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.346 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"What it means to be white, what it means to be American, and what it means to be from a place and to belong to it are questions that Johnson raises throughout the book. He is painfully aware that as a descendant of those who took the land from others, dispossessing and displacing them, he is today the beneficiary of acts he did not perform. . . . [T]hose expecting a son's gentle memoir will be in for a surprise.\"\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eNot from Here\u003ci\u003e is a fascinating journey into filiality, heritage, and the heart of this American land. It is a journey worth taking and a story well told.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cb\u003eKent Nerburn\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLetters to My Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNeither Wolf nor Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"If those two great existential questions-Who am I? and Where am I from?-are linked, how are those with transient upbringings in our amnesiatic, immigrant-settled society to answer them? In \u003c\/i\u003eNot from Here\u003ci\u003e, Allan Johnson takes a road trip on the American plains to try to find out, haunted by his globe-trotting father's ashes in the trunk and the legacy of Euro-American conquest staring at him through the windshield.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003cb\u003eColin Woodard\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nations and The Lobster Coast\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhen Allan Johnson asked his dying father where he wanted his ashes to be placed, his father replied—without hesitation—that it made no difference to him at all. In his poignant, powerful memoir, \u003ci\u003eNot from Here, \u003c\/i\u003eJohnson embarks on an extraordinary, 2,000-mile journey across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains to find the place where his father's ashes belonged.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As a white man with Norwegian and English lineage, Johnson explores both America and the question of belonging to a place whose history holds the continuing legacy of the displacement, dispossession, and genocide of Native peoples.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e More than a personal narrative, \u003ci\u003eNot from Here\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the national silence around unresolved questions of accountability, race, and identity politics, and the dilemma of how to take responsibility for \"a past we did not create.\" Johnson's story—about the past living in the present; of redemption, fate, family, tribe, and nation; of love and grief—raises profound questions about belonging, identity, and place.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584913076504,"sku":"9781439912454","price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/not-from-here-a-memoir-hardback-9781439912454","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}