The Land Still Lives

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Jerry Apps

Foreword by Sen. Gaylord Nelson

This first book by a legendary author offers deep reflections on our relationship to nature, environmental stewardship, and the value of rural places.

192 pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Hardcover: $25.00 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-906-2
Ebook: $15.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-907-9
Publication Date: 9/9/2019

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Description

Originally published in 1970, The Land Still Lives was the first book by legendary rural historian and storyteller, Jerry Apps. Written when he was a young agriculture professor at the University of Wisconsin, it was readers’ first introduction to the Apps’s farm in central Wisconsin, called Roshara, and the surrounding community of Skunk’s Hollow. Blending autobiography, nature writing, and rural philosophy, The Land Still Lives details the family's efforts to restore the farm, learn from the environment, and foster a relationship with nature.

Rereleased for its 50th anniversary, this special edition features a new epilogue in which Jerry revisited his philosophy of caring for the land so it in turn will care for us. This is vintage Apps, essential reading for his legions of fans and for all who, like Jerry, wish “to develop a relationship with nature and all its mystery and wonder.”

Author Bio

Celebrated storyteller and rural historian Jerry Apps was born and raised on a central Wisconsin farm. He was a former county extension agent and professor at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Apps authored more than fifty fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, including Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Farm Family Values, The Quiet Season: Remembering Country Winters, When the White Pine Was King, and Barns of Wisconsin, all published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.