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Can I read A Strange Valley on EtoBox?
A Strange Valley by Darrell Bain is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Strange Valley about?
A clerk working in the census bureau discovers a series of anomalies in the population of a small city located in the Ozark Mountains. Intrigued, the clerk continues to investigate. He finds that, on average, the people of the city and surrounding valley, are a little smarter, less religious, more thrifty, marry less, have a higher level of education, are more sexually liberated and have fewer illnesses. The city also refuses government money for schools and roads, has little crime and no sign of racial unrest. None of these factors would mean much taken alone, but together, they spell out a population that is distinctly skewed from the normal. Surprisingly, hardly anyone in the valley realizes that most of them are different from the average. They simply think they live in a good place among good people. Then the investigation starts...
Who reads A Strange Valley?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Darrell Bain
- Publisher
- Writers Collective Assoc
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781554041411
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction
