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Wastelands : the true story of farm country on trial

Title
Wastelands : the true story of farm country on trial / Corban Addison ; [foreword by John Grisham].
ISBN
9780593320822
0593320824
9780593320839
9780593556634
0593556631
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
xiv, 444 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"A once idyllic American landscape is home to a closely knit, rural community that, for more than a generation, has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming that had been making them sick and damaging their homes. After years of frustration and futile attempts to bring about change, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, brought suit against one of the world's most powerful corporations-and, miraculously, they won. As vivid and fast-paced as a novel, 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. With unparalleled entrée in the courtroom, Corban Addison captures the stirring and unforgettable struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once invincible power to change, to vindicate the rights of a long-suffering community, and finally to restore their heritage"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Addison, Corban. Wastelands New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-421) and index.
Contents
Foreword by John Grisham
Author's note
Prologue
Part one: The kingdom. Homeplace
The champion
Down East
Fortunate sons
Dark arts
The butcher
Acts of war
Part two: Rebellion. The fountainhead
The five families
Tabula rasa
Appealing to Caesar
A man for all seasons
The cloud and the flame
Hunting the unicorn
Outside man
A vision on the mountain
Part three: Sabotage. Hog summer
The Murphy men
Fate and transport
Company town
The people's circus
Amendment one
Part four: Confrontation. First words
Cloud of witnesses
Bloodsport
A traitor to his kind
See no evil, smell no evil
Pitchforks on the doorstep of justice
Into the whirlwind
Total war
The hog king and the saint
World on fire
The furies
Part five: The reckoning. Ring the bells
Deus ex machina
Higher law
Waiting for daylight
Final judgment
Epilogue.
Genre/Form
Trials, litigation, etc.
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