Voices from the Heart of the Land: Rural Stories that Inspire Community
by Richard L. Cates
University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-299-22784-5 | eISBN: 978-0-299-22783-8 Library of Congress Classification S521.5 W6C38 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 307.720977578
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
From 2001 to 2006, Richard L. Cates Jr. interviewed senior members of more than 30 families living in and around Arena township, a small community in southern Wisconsin. He asked them about growing up in rural America and their connection to a way of life that is vanishing in the twenty-first century.
The result, Voices from the Heart of the Land, is a collection of reminiscences, observations, and opinions celebrating the stewardship of the land and the values of the stewards. Of course, as Cates points out, these are nothing less than “our core human values—integrity, commitment, responsibility, citizenship, self-determination, decency, kindness, love, and hope.”
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Richard L. Cates Jr. and his family own a pasture-based farm and raise grass-fed beef in Wyoming township, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. He is senior lecturer in soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also serves as coordinator of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers and is affiliated with the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
REVIEWS
“Cates captures the essence of our township, our citizens, the moments of joy and laughter, hardship and sorrow, and the unspoken bonds that held it all together.”—Sondy Pope-Roberts, Wisconsin state representative and native of Arena township
“This is a glimpse of what life was like in this rural community through much of the twentieth century. Through the spoken words of these rural folk we learn about love of land and community and of the power of the story. Their voices urge us to recommit to finding and fostering the values and the behavior that sustained and nurtured us in the past.”—Jerry Apps, author of In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword 000
Prologue 000
In the Beginning 000
The Land 000
Roots 000
Community 000
Character . . . and Characters 000
Afterword 000
Narrator Biographies-Meet the people who inspired this book 000
Acknowledgements 000
INTERVIEW AND TRANSCRIPTION METHODOLOGY 000
Glossary 000
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Voices from the Heart of the Land: Rural Stories that Inspire Community
by Richard L. Cates
University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-299-22784-5 eISBN: 978-0-299-22783-8
From 2001 to 2006, Richard L. Cates Jr. interviewed senior members of more than 30 families living in and around Arena township, a small community in southern Wisconsin. He asked them about growing up in rural America and their connection to a way of life that is vanishing in the twenty-first century.
The result, Voices from the Heart of the Land, is a collection of reminiscences, observations, and opinions celebrating the stewardship of the land and the values of the stewards. Of course, as Cates points out, these are nothing less than “our core human values—integrity, commitment, responsibility, citizenship, self-determination, decency, kindness, love, and hope.”
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Richard L. Cates Jr. and his family own a pasture-based farm and raise grass-fed beef in Wyoming township, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. He is senior lecturer in soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also serves as coordinator of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers and is affiliated with the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
REVIEWS
“Cates captures the essence of our township, our citizens, the moments of joy and laughter, hardship and sorrow, and the unspoken bonds that held it all together.”—Sondy Pope-Roberts, Wisconsin state representative and native of Arena township
“This is a glimpse of what life was like in this rural community through much of the twentieth century. Through the spoken words of these rural folk we learn about love of land and community and of the power of the story. Their voices urge us to recommit to finding and fostering the values and the behavior that sustained and nurtured us in the past.”—Jerry Apps, author of In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword 000
Prologue 000
In the Beginning 000
The Land 000
Roots 000
Community 000
Character . . . and Characters 000
Afterword 000
Narrator Biographies-Meet the people who inspired this book 000
Acknowledgements 000
INTERVIEW AND TRANSCRIPTION METHODOLOGY 000
Glossary 000
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