Great Sand Fracas of Ames County - Apps, Jerry
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When the Alstage Mining Company proposes a frac sand mine in the small Ames County village of Link Lake, events quickly escalate to a crisis. Business leader Marilyn Jones of the Link Lake Economic Development Council heads the pro-mine forces. Octogenarian Emily Higgins and other Link Lake Historical Society members are aghast at the proposed mine location in the community park. Caught in the middle of the fray is Ambrose Adler, a reclusive, retired farmer with a secret.

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When the Alstage Mining Company proposes a frac sand mine in the small Ames County village of Link Lake, events quickly escalate to a crisis. Business leader Marilyn Jones of the Link Lake Economic Development Council heads the pro-mine forces. Octogenarian Emily Higgins and other Link Lake Historical Society members are aghast at the proposed mine location in the community park. Caught in the middle of the fray is Ambrose Adler, a reclusive, retired farmer with a secret.
Autorenporträt
Jerry Apps was born and raised on a Wisconsin farm. A former agricultural extension agent, he is a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His other novels in the Ames County series are The Travels of Increase Joseph, In a Pickle, Blue Shadows Farm, Cranberry Red, and Tamarack River Ghost. His many nonfiction books include The Quiet Season, Garden Wisdom, Barns of Wisconsin, Breweries of Wisconsin, Every Farm Tells a Story, Old Farm, and One-Room Country Schools. Apps received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.