Wastelands : the true story of farm country on trial
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593320822
- ISBN: 0593320824
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Physical Description:
xiv, 444 pages ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-421) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Public nuisance North Carolina Pork industry and trade Law and legislation North Carolina Animal waste Law and legislation North Carolina Smithfield Foods, Inc. Trials, litigation, etc |
Genre: | Trial and arbitral proceedings. |
Available copies
- 62 of 71 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.
Holds
- 3 current holds with 71 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Eden Library | NC346.73 A (Text) | 31554010876356 | Local History Nonfiction | Available | - |
Madison-Mayodan Public Library | NC 346.73 A (Text) | 31554010876364 | Local History Nonfiction | Available | - |
Reidsville Library | NC 346.73 A (Text) | 31554010876372 | Local History Nonfiction | Available | - |