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Blue Shadows Farm - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Fans of Jerry Apps will delight in his latest novel, "Blue Shadows
Farm," which follows the intriguing family story of three
generations on a Wisconsin farm.
Silas Starkweather, a Civil War veteran, is drawn to Wisconsin and
homesteads 160 acres in Ames County, where he is known as the
mysterious farmer forever digging holes. After years of hardship
and toil, however, Silas develops a commitment to farming his land
and respect for his new community. When Silas's son Abe inherits
Blue Shadows Farm he chooses to keep the land out of reluctant
necessity, distilling and distributing "purified corn water"
throughout Prohibition and the Great Depression in order to stay
solvent. Abe's daughter, Emma, willingly takes over the farm after
her mother's death. Emma's love for this place inspires her to open
the farm to school-children and families who share her respect for
it. As she considers selling the land, Emma is confronted with a
difficult question--who, through thick and thin, will care for Blue
Shadows Farm as her family has done for over a century? In the
midst of a controversy that disrupts the entire community, Emma
looks into her family's past to help her make crucial decisions
about the future of its land.
Through the story of the Starkweather family's changing fortunes,
and each generation's very different relationship with the farm and
the land, "Blue Shadows Farm" is in some ways the narrative of all
farmers and the increasingly difficult challenges they face as
committed stewards of the land. Finalist, General Fiction, Midwest
Book Awards
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Imprint: |
Terrace Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Jerry Apps
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
380 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-299-23250-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Sagas
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LSN: |
0-299-23250-6 |
Barcode: |
9780299232504 |
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