{"product_id":"wastelands-the-true-story-of-farm-country-on-trial-paperback","title":"Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial - 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\u003eCorban Addison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, \u003ci\u003eWastelands\u003c\/i\u003e is a story I wish I had written.\" --From the Foreword by John\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGrisham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world's most powerful companies--and, miraculously, they won. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, \u003ci\u003eWastelands \u003c\/i\u003etakes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America's farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is Elsie Herring, the most outspoken of the neighbors, who has endured racial slurs and the threat of a restraining order to tell the story of the waste raining down on her rooftop from the hog operation next door. There is Don Webb, a larger-than-life hog farmer turned grassroots crusader, and Rick Dove, a riverkeeper and erstwhile military judge who has pioneered the use of aerial photography to document the scale of the pollution. There is Woodell McGowan, a quiet man whose quest to redeem his family's ancestral land encourages him to become a better neighbor, and Dr. Steve Wing, a groundbreaking epidemiologist whose work on the health effects of hog waste exposure translates the neighbors' stories into the argot of science. And there is Tom Butler, an environmental savant and hog industry insider whose whistleblowing testimony electrifies the jury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFighting alongside them in the courtroom is Mona Lisa Wallace, who broke the gender barrier in her small southern town and built a storied legal career out of vanquishing corporate giants, and Mike Kaeske, whose trial skills are second to none. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith journalistic rigor and a novelist's instinct for story, Corban Addison's \u003ci\u003eWastelands\u003c\/i\u003e captures the inspiring struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once-invincible corporation to change, and to preserve the rights--and restore the heritage--of a long-suffering community.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCORBAN ADDISON is the internationally best-selling author of four novels, \u003ci\u003eA Walk Across the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Burning Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tears of Dark Water\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the inaugural Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize), and \u003ci\u003eA Harvest of Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which address some of today's most pressing human rights issues. An attorney, activist, and world traveler, he lives with his wife and children in Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53502647304557,"sku":"9780593315323","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/9nUlG5kknJ9780593315323.webp?v=1782935791","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/wastelands-the-true-story-of-farm-country-on-trial-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}