World Made by Hand: A Novel by James Howard Kunstler

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"We're building our own New Jerusalem up the river. It's a world made by hand, now, one stone at a time, one board at a time, one hope at a time, one soul at a time. Tell me something: do you know Jesus Christ."

"No, I never met the fellow."

"Would you like to?"

"Is he outside there on one of those mounts?"

"He's in your heart."

"Well, that's news to me," Ricketts said. "All these years I thought it was single occupancy.