Blue Shadows Farm - Book

Blue Shadows Farm, which follows the intriguing family story of three generations on a Wisconsin farm. Through the story of the Starkweather family’s changing fortunes, and each generation’s very different relationship with the farm and the land, Blue Shadows Farm is in some ways the narrative of all farmers and the increasingly difficult challenges they face as committed stewards of the land. Published by University of Wisconsin Press. Cloth, 390 pages, 6 x 9 in.

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By: Jerry Apps
Published by University of Wisconsin Press
390 pages
6 x 9 in.
Cloth
ISBN 9780299232504

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“Jerry Apps weaves a good tale through three generations of family life, strife, and the fabric of the rural landscape that holds them together.”—David L. Sperling, editor, Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine

“Jerry Apps unravels a family secret that arcs across three generations and delivers a surprising answer for one descendant.” —Philip Hasheider, contributing author to Seasons on the Farm

Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His many nonfiction books include Every Farm Tells a Story, Country Wisdom, One-Room Country Schools, Cheese, Breweries of Wisconsin, Old Farm, and Ringlingville USA. He is also author of the novels In a Pickle and The Travels of Increase Joseph. Apps received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers.