In this Book
- Voices from the Heart of the Land: Rural Stories that Inspire Community
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
From 2001 to 2006, Richard L. Cates Jr. interviewed senior members of more than 30 families living in and around Arena township, a small community in southern Wisconsin. He asked them about growing up in rural America and their connection to a way of life that is vanishing in the twenty-first century.
The result, Voices from the Heart of the Land, is a collection of reminiscences, observations, and opinions celebrating the stewardship of the land and the values of the stewards. Of course, as Cates points out, these are nothing less than “our core human values—integrity, commitment, responsibility, citizenship, self-determination, decency, kindness, love, and hope.”
Table of Contents
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- In the Beginning
- pp. 1-12
- Character and Characters
- pp. 113-149
- Narrator Biographies
- pp. 151-183
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 184-187
- Author’s Note
- pp. 188-190
- Illustration Credits
- p. 193
- About the Author
- p. 194
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299227838
Related ISBN(s)
9780299227845
MARC Record
OCLC
619919151
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008