Tamarack River Ghost: A Novel
Autor Jerry Appsen Limba Engleză Hardback – noi 2012
When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its closure.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299288808
ISBN-10: 0299288803
Pagini: 286
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 0299288803
Pagini: 286
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
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Recenzii
“Jerry Apps scores another bull’s-eye in his Ames County fiction series with Tamarack River Ghost. The book raises the main issues of land stewardship and community development in an interesting story filled with compelling characters.”—Dennis Boyer, author of Listen to the Land: Conservation Conversations
“Contributes to a deeper understanding of midwestern farm life in transition in the twenty-first century.”—Jerry Minnich, author of The Wisconsin Garden Guide
Notă biografică
Jerry Apps was born and raised on a Wisconsin farm. A former agricultural extension agent, he is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His other novels in the Ames County series are The Travels of Increase Joseph, In a Pickle, Blue Shadows Farm, and Cranberry Red. His many nonfiction books include Garden Wisdom, Barns of Wisconsin, Breweries of Wisconsin, Every Farm Tells a Story, Old Farm, and One-Room Country Schools. Apps received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Josh Wittmore
2. Lazy Z Feedlot
3. Fishing on the Millpond
4. Natalie Karlsen
5. Tamarack River Valley
6. Farm Country News
7. Tamarack River Ghost
8. Nathan West Industries
9. Dr. William Willard Evans
10. Randy Oakfield
11. Research Proposal
12. Big Hog Farm Coming
13. Dinner Date
14. Ice Fishing
15. Valley History
16. Fred and Oscar
17. Skiing in the Park
18. Informational Meeting
19. Opposing Positions
20. Fred and Oscar
21. Yes or No to Factory Farms
22. Winter Festival
23. Fred and Oscar
24. Paper Problems
25. Schmeir Tournament
26. Nathan West-435
27. Decision Time
28. Tamarack Museum
29. Zoning Committee Meeting
30. Newspaper Demise
31. New Journalism
32. Fred and Oscar
33. Different Results
34. Spring Snowstorm
35. Confession
36. Opening Day
37. Electronic News
38. Surprise Present
39. New Hog House
40. Outrage
41. Fourth of Seventh Month
42. Truce
43. Disaster
44. Blame
45. A New Beginning
Epilogue
Prologue
1. Josh Wittmore
2. Lazy Z Feedlot
3. Fishing on the Millpond
4. Natalie Karlsen
5. Tamarack River Valley
6. Farm Country News
7. Tamarack River Ghost
8. Nathan West Industries
9. Dr. William Willard Evans
10. Randy Oakfield
11. Research Proposal
12. Big Hog Farm Coming
13. Dinner Date
14. Ice Fishing
15. Valley History
16. Fred and Oscar
17. Skiing in the Park
18. Informational Meeting
19. Opposing Positions
20. Fred and Oscar
21. Yes or No to Factory Farms
22. Winter Festival
23. Fred and Oscar
24. Paper Problems
25. Schmeir Tournament
26. Nathan West-435
27. Decision Time
28. Tamarack Museum
29. Zoning Committee Meeting
30. Newspaper Demise
31. New Journalism
32. Fred and Oscar
33. Different Results
34. Spring Snowstorm
35. Confession
36. Opening Day
37. Electronic News
38. Surprise Present
39. New Hog House
40. Outrage
41. Fourth of Seventh Month
42. Truce
43. Disaster
44. Blame
45. A New Beginning
Epilogue
Descriere
When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its closure.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.