Tamarack River Ghost: A Novel
by Jerry Apps /
2012 / English / EPUB
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When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of
When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau ofFarm Country News
Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in
Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young
career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its
closure.
to the newspaper’s national office in
Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young
career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its
closure.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that
plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land
along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the
local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax
revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about
truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the
river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect
life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of
family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural
reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new
Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment
banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the
vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the
valley of the Tamarack River.
Josh’s big story is that a corporation that
plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land
along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the
local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax
revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about
truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the
river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect
life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of
family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural
reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new
Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment
banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the
vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the
valley of the Tamarack River.