Denison, Iowa: Searching for the Soul of America Through the Secrets of a Midwest Town

Dale Maharidge

ISBN 10: 074325564X / ISBN 13: 9780743255646

Published by Free Press, U.S.A., 2005

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Some wear on jacket edges. Otherwise in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 002563

Bibliographic Details

Title: Denison, Iowa: Searching for the Soul of ...

Publisher: Free Press, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Reveals the layers of life in small-town Denison, Iowa, from the efforts of a Lutheran woman to teach English to Latino immigrant meat-packing workers, to the town leaders who struggle to save the town from economic problems.

Review:

""Denison, Iowa" is a work of prophetic journalism -- Sherwood Anderson channeling Garcia Marquez in Jack London's voice. Maharidge has captured an epic story of profound cultural change in one midwestern town, rooted in the nation's indigenous past, coming of age in the Pax Americana of Donna Reed, transforming itself once again today as Latinos find a new home -- en el mero centro de America. What emerges is a moving, cautionary tale for American times to come."
-- John Phillip Santos, author of "Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, " National Book Award Finalist

"If you want to find out what much of small-town rural America is all about, read this book. Dale Maharidge lifts the lid to a simmering stew of racism, greed, isolation, gossip, and -- yes -- true American spirit. Maharidge nails it all in Denison, Iowa."
-- Stephen G. Bloom, author of Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America

"Denison, Iowa is a work of prophetic journalism -- Sherwood Anderson channeling Garcia Marquez in Jack London's voice. Maharidge has captured an epic story of profound cultural change in one midwestern town, rooted in the nation's indigenous past, coming of age in the Pax Americana of Donna Reed, transforming itself once again today as Latinos find a new home -- en el mero centro de America. What emerges is a moving, cautionary tale for American times to come."

-- John Phillip Santos, author of Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, National Book Award Finalist