{"product_id":"pleasant-valley-lost-hardcover","title":"Pleasant Valley Lost - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph J. Swope\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxy Awards Winner - Best Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe government took the land. But it couldn't erase what was built there.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1960s, Joseph J. Swope's family farm-worked for generations in one of Pennsylvania's most fertile valleys-was condemned to make way for the Blue Marsh Dam. What followed was not just the loss of property, but the dismantling of a way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePleasant Valley Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, Swope recounts the final years of the farm his family called home, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moved forward with a project that would ultimately submerge an entire community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with clarity and conviction, this memoir captures the emotional toll of displacement-the uncertainty, the resistance, and the quiet resilience required to move forward when everything familiar is taken away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a personal story, it is a record of a vanished place and a reminder of the human cost behind progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 540\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47299118071993,"sku":"9781944715045","price":58.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/WWyVHvoZ8d9781944715045.webp?v=1783856146","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/pleasant-valley-lost-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}