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Wastelands : The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Addison, Corban is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wastelands : The True Story of Farm Country on Trial about?
Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written. --From the Foreword by John Grisham The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world's most powerful companies--and, miraculously, they won. As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America's farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. There is Elsie Herring, the most outspoken of the neighbors, who has endured racial slurs and the threat of a restraining order to tell the story of the waste raining down on her rooftop from the hog operation next door. There is Don Webb, a larger-than-life hog farmer turned grassroots crusader, and Rick Dove, a riverkeeper and erstwhile military judge who has pione
Who reads Wastelands : The True Story of Farm Country on Trial?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Addison, Corban
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780593320839
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Sociology, History
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (513 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14