{"product_id":"tamarack-river-ghost-when-progress-stirs-the-dead-and-divides-the-living-paperback","title":"Tamarack River Ghost: When Progress Stirs the Dead and Divides the Living - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Apps\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the hogs move in, all hell threatens to break loose--on land, online, and maybe even from beyond the grave. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh Wittmore is a young journalist with a passion for telling the truth. When he transfers from the Illinois bureau of \u003cem\u003eFarm Country News\u003c\/em\u003e to its national office in rural Wisconsin, he expects a quieter pace--but instead stumbles into the biggest and most divisive story of his career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful agribusiness corporation plans to build an enormous hog farm in the scenic Tamarack River Valley, promising jobs and prosperity. But as residents of Ames County clash over the proposal, concerns mount about pollution, way of life, and the fate of the tight-knit farming community. Josh works to stay objective, even as his paper struggles to survive a shift to digital-only ownership under a slick New York investor. To make matters stranger, eerie stories about a ghostly logger haunting the valley begin to feel uncomfortably real. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTamarack River\u003c\/em\u003e blends investigative drama with rural folklore, pitting modern industry against tradition--and asking whether community, journalism, and the land itself can survive the tide of change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Apps was born and raised on a farm in central Wisconsin. Upon graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and spending time in the U.S. Army, Apps worked as a county extension agent in Green Lake and Brown County Wisconsin. He then worked as a staff development specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He is Professor Emeritus of the University Wisconsin-Madison and the author of several fiction and non-fiction books about agriculture and rural life in the Upper Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47330635612409,"sku":"9781967311989","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lx1e-TGdTZ9781967311989.webp?v=1769606388","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tamarack-river-ghost-when-progress-stirs-the-dead-and-divides-the-living-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}