
Amber waves and undertow: peril, hope, sweat, and downright nonchalance in dry wheat country
United States history, Business and economics, General non-fiction, Environment, Biography, Science and technology, United States travel and geography, Customs and cultures, Adventurers and explorers
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Summary
Telling stories specific to Columbia Plateau farmers and farmland, this journalist puts the lives and difficulties of individual farmers into national and global contexts. He interweaves family narratives, historical episodes and his own experience as a young harvest hand to… illuminate the transformation of rural America from the 19th to 21st century