The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County: A Novel: Terrace Books
Autor Jerry Appsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 2014
When the Alstage Mining Company proposes a frac sand mine in the small Ames County village of Link Lake, events quickly escalate to a crisis. Business leader Marilyn Jones of the Link Lake Economic Development Council heads the pro-mine forces, citing needed jobs and income for the county. Octogenarian Emily Higgins and other Link Lake Historical Society members are aghast at the proposed mine location in the community park, where a huge and ancient bur oak—the historic Trail Marker Oak—has stood since it pointed the way along an old Menominee trail. Reluctantly caught in the middle of the fray is Ambrose Adler, a reclusive, retired farmer with a secret.
Soon the fracas over frac sand attracts some national attention, including that of Stony Field, the pen name of a nationally syndicated columnist. Will the village board vote to solve their budget problems with a cut of the mining profits? Will the mine create real jobs for local folks? Will Stony Field come to the village to lead protests against the mine? And will defenders of the Trail Marker Oak literally draw a battle line in the sand?
Soon the fracas over frac sand attracts some national attention, including that of Stony Field, the pen name of a nationally syndicated columnist. Will the village board vote to solve their budget problems with a cut of the mining profits? Will the mine create real jobs for local folks? Will Stony Field come to the village to lead protests against the mine? And will defenders of the Trail Marker Oak literally draw a battle line in the sand?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299300708
ISBN-10: 0299300706
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Terrace Books
ISBN-10: 0299300706
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Terrace Books
Recenzii
"Once again, Jerry Apps has tapped into a highly controversial issue to explore contemporary Midwestern values—historical preservation versus forces of change, environmental protection versus economic opportunity. And once again, Apps succeeds brilliantly. He is an articulate and forceful voice for the Wisconsin ethos."—Jerry Minnich, author of The Wisconsin Almanac
"Jerry Apps has given us another gift with his latest installment in the fictional Ames County saga. The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County will transport you to Ames County's community of Link Lake and make you one of the regulars at its cafes and supper clubs. Those familiar with the rural Upper Midwest will feel right at home and newcomers will get a crash course in the rhythms and controversies along the fault lines between economic development, conservation, and historic preservation."—Dennis Boyer, author of Listen to the Land
“A homespun novel finds a small Wisconsin town torn between preservation and progress. Folksy activism provides the impetus for Apps’ return to Ames County, where he’s set five earlier novels in this series.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The latest and perhaps the best in an already outstanding roster of five previous works of homespun fiction. Solidly entertaining and very highly recommended.”—Midwest Book Review
Notă biografică
Jerry Apps was born and raised on a Wisconsin farm. A former agricultural extension agent, he is a 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, Cranberry Red, and Tamarack River Ghost. His many nonfiction books include The Quiet Season, 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. Ambrose Adler
2. Marilyn Jones
3. Emily Higgins
4. Fred and Oscar
5. Ambrose Adler
6. Marilyn and Stony Field
7. Link Lake Historical Society
8. Cemetery Walk
9. Ambrose, Ranger, and Buster
10. Marilyn Jones
11. Economic Development Council
12. Ambrose and Gloria
13. Historical Society Meeting
14. When Ambrose's Life Changed
15. Ambrose and Stony Field
16. Bank Robbery Reenactment
17. Village Board Vote
18. Fred and Oscar
19. Ambrose's Reaction
20. Editor's Response
21. Ambrose and Ranger
22. Karl Adams
23. Karl at the Eat Well
24. Karl and Marilyn
25. Vegetable Stand
26. Karl and Emily
27. Fourth of July
28. First Protestors
29. Free Wi-Fi
30. Supper Club Remodeling
31. Trail Marker Oak Days
32. Lake Coffee Bar
33. Busy Summer
34. Thresheree
35. Problem Solved
36. Arrest the Protestors
37. Oscar, Fred, and the Protestors
38. Don't Give Up
39. Explosion
40. Reaction
41. Perpetrators
42. Emergency Meeting
43. Cooling Off
44. Quiet Time
45. Karl Adams
46. Dry Weather
47. Storm
48. Aftermath
49. Storm Stories
50. Another Drilling Machine
51. Eat Well Café
52. Meeting
53. Stony and Ambrose
54. Revelation
55. Eagle Party
56. Phone Calls
57. Los Angeles Journal
58. Reaction
59. Billy Baxter Responds
60. Overrun with Attention
61. Karl and Gloria
62. Barn Fire
63. Reacquainted
64. Memorial Service
65. Trail Marker Oak
Prologue
1. Ambrose Adler
2. Marilyn Jones
3. Emily Higgins
4. Fred and Oscar
5. Ambrose Adler
6. Marilyn and Stony Field
7. Link Lake Historical Society
8. Cemetery Walk
9. Ambrose, Ranger, and Buster
10. Marilyn Jones
11. Economic Development Council
12. Ambrose and Gloria
13. Historical Society Meeting
14. When Ambrose's Life Changed
15. Ambrose and Stony Field
16. Bank Robbery Reenactment
17. Village Board Vote
18. Fred and Oscar
19. Ambrose's Reaction
20. Editor's Response
21. Ambrose and Ranger
22. Karl Adams
23. Karl at the Eat Well
24. Karl and Marilyn
25. Vegetable Stand
26. Karl and Emily
27. Fourth of July
28. First Protestors
29. Free Wi-Fi
30. Supper Club Remodeling
31. Trail Marker Oak Days
32. Lake Coffee Bar
33. Busy Summer
34. Thresheree
35. Problem Solved
36. Arrest the Protestors
37. Oscar, Fred, and the Protestors
38. Don't Give Up
39. Explosion
40. Reaction
41. Perpetrators
42. Emergency Meeting
43. Cooling Off
44. Quiet Time
45. Karl Adams
46. Dry Weather
47. Storm
48. Aftermath
49. Storm Stories
50. Another Drilling Machine
51. Eat Well Café
52. Meeting
53. Stony and Ambrose
54. Revelation
55. Eagle Party
56. Phone Calls
57. Los Angeles Journal
58. Reaction
59. Billy Baxter Responds
60. Overrun with Attention
61. Karl and Gloria
62. Barn Fire
63. Reacquainted
64. Memorial Service
65. Trail Marker Oak
Descriere
In the sixth novel in Jerry Apps’s “Ames County series,” a proposed frac sand mine in the local community park divides small-town neighbors into factions.