A deeply personal and thoughtful history of rural Iowa at a crossroads. Interweaving family history, personal narrative, oral history, and a keep photographer's eye. Helen's portrait of a country road frames the stories of farm families in order to explore traditional themes of ancestry, community, and rebirth, as well as very timely issues such as sustainability, patriar, and gender. Iowans will immediately feel at home on this road, one way looking forward to an unfolding future, the other looking back to a well-traveled past.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.