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03559aam a2200457 i 4500 001 C79DE88AF2B911ECBE76030055ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220623010026 008 220420s2022 nyu db 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0593556631 020 $a 9780593556634 035 $a (OCoLC)1319747377 040 $a IKG $b eng $e rda $c IKG $d PX0 $d BDX $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nc 082 04 $a 346.7303/8 $2 23/eng/20211220 100 1 $a Addison, Corban, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a Wastelands : $b the true story of farm country on trial / $c Corban Addison ; [foreword by John Grisham]. 246 3 $a Waste lands 250 $a First large print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2022] 300 $a xix, 739 pages ; $c 25 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-692) and index. 520 $a "A once idyllic American landscape is home to a closely knit, rural community that, for more than a generation, has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming that had been making them sick and damaging their homes. After years of frustration and futile attempts to bring about change, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, brought suit against one of the world's most powerful corporations-and, miraculously, they won. As vivid and fast-paced as a novel, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America's farmland, and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. With unparalleled entreÌe in the courtroom, Corban Addison captures the stirring and unforgettable struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once invincible power to change, to vindicate the rights of a long-suffering community, and finally to restore their heritage"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Foreword / 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. 610 20 $a Smithfield Foods, Inc. $x Trials, litigation, etc. 650 0 $a Pork industry and trade $x Law and legislation $z North Carolina. 650 0 $a Animal waste $x Law and legislation $z North Carolina. 650 0 $a Public nuisance $z North Carolina. 650 0 $a Large type books. 700 1 $a Grisham, John, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20231012030114.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20230822010953.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230808010252.0 952 $l NVPB663 $d 20221125010150.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20220927012541.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20220902011604.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C79DE88AF2B911ECBE76030055ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search