Roots in a Lovely Filth. The book's title is a refreshing declaration and appreciation of what must matter, what will feed and free us. ¿The book's story concerns a pair of young unsung hero farmers, Enno and Ahnah Duden, and a secret society that gathers itself around them, to protect these innocents and deflect the dark forces that would bring them down. The hollowing out and erasure of the nation's rural lifestyle and substance since the early 1970s has resulted in several generations of what Lynn Miller sometimes calls "farmer pirates, " who must assume a low profile to conduct their farming, and are treated to the skepticism and scorn.