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If you ve ever dreamed of taking a free-wheeling road trip, driving from one small town to the next and stopping?a while in each, and if you value finely crafted, insightful prose, you ll love this vicarious tour. You ll meet a cast of surprising, resourceful citizens along the way. Julene Bair, author, The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry Julianne Couch opens the door to cafes and coffee shops, motels and newspaper offices to dramatize the workings of small midwestern towns. She highlights the hard work of town leaders and the vision of strong communities to maintain their integrity, attract jobs, and retain their young people. What a fascinating look at what it means to commit to place, to embrace cultural heritage, and to become tied to the land. This book should be on the shelf of everyone who cares about the fabric of richness of rural life. Mary Swander, author, Farmscape: The Changing Rural Environment

If you ve ever dreamed of taking a free-wheeling road trip, driving from one small town to the next and stopping?a while in each, and if you value finely crafted, insightful prose, you ll love this vicarious tour. You ll meet a cast of surprising, resourceful citizens along the way. Julene Bair, author, <i>The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry</i>

The Small-Town Midwest: Resilience and Hope in the Twenty-First Century by Julianne Couch lets the reader see, up close, the ins and outs, ups and downs, of rural midwestern life. Couch has a gift for connecting with people and introduces us to a cast of characters who make these towns come alive. Through its engaging format and focus on individuals, The Small-Town Midwest is a useful book for anyone who cares about the fabric of rural life in the Midwest. -- (01/01/2017) If you've ever dreamed of taking a free-wheeling road trip, driving from one small town to the next and stopping?a while in each, and if you value finely crafted, insightful prose, you'll love this vicarious tour. You'll meet a cast of surprising, resourceful citizens along the way. --Julene Bair, author, The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry Julianne Couch opens the door to caf s and coffee shops, motels and newspaper offices to dramatize the workings of small midwestern towns. She highlights the hard work of town leaders and the vision of strong communities to maintain their integrity, attract jobs, and retain their young people. What a fascinating look at what it means to commit to place, to embrace cultural heritage, and to become tied to the land. This book should be on the shelf of everyone who cares about the fabric of richness of rural life. --Mary Swander, author, Farmscape: The Changing Rural Environment

If you ve ever dreamed of taking a free-wheeling road trip, driving from one small town to the next and stopping?a while in each, and if you value finely crafted, insightful prose, you ll love this vicarious tour. You ll meet a cast of surprising, resourceful citizens along the way. Julene Bair, author, The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry

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Julianne Couch has lived part of her life with her back to the Rocky Mountains, another part with her back to the Mississippi River, and another part in the vast in-between. She has taught in the English department at the University of Wyoming, USA since 1998. She moved to Bellevue, Iowa, in 2011 and in 2015 added teaching for Upper Iowa University to her distance education duties.

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