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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809457003321

Autore

Lyons Stephen J.

Titolo

Going driftless : life lessons from the heartland for unraveling times / / Stephen J. Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : gpp, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4930-1566-4

0-7627-8065-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

977

Soggetti

Driftless Area Description and travel

Driftless Area Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Going Driftless: An Introduction; I: Territories; 1: The Driftless Region; 2: Savanna, Illinois; 3: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; 4: Mississippi River; II: Sustenance; 5: Rural Hillsboro, Wisconsin; 6: Decorah, Iowa; 7: Near La Crescent, Minnesota; 8: Elgin, Minnesota; 9: Canoe Creek, Iowa; 10: Near Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin; 11: Heritage Farm, Iowa; 12: Northeast Iowa; III: Communities; 13: Richland Center, Wisconsin; 14: Springwater Village, Iowa; 15: Dancing Waters Permaculture Co-operative, Wisconsin; 16: Zephyr and Wiscoy Valley Land Cooperatives, Southeast Minnesota

17: Viroqua, Wisconsin18: Decorah, Iowa; 19: Postville, Iowa; 20: Winona, Minnesota; 21: Ryumonji Zen Monastery, Near Dorchester, Iowa; Gratitude; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Going Driftless</span><span> is a book that explores a whole world within a world in the upper Midwest and looks at the nostalgia of small towns and local living (eating, shopping, etc.)-and asks how does it work what lessons can we learn from it.</span></span>