Rural America

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Take the book group out of the Library and head to Colorado Plus Brew Pub for Book Group night. Read any book that falls into the monthly theme, and get ready to share and receive great book recommendations! February's theme is Rural America. Take the book group out of the Library and head to Colorado Plus Brew Pub for Book Group night. Read any book that falls into the monthly theme, and get ready to share and receive great book recommendations! February's theme is Rural America. Show less

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of A Family and Culture in Crisis

by Vance, J. D.

Book - 2016

Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life. Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life. Show less

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Educated

A Memoir

by Westover, Tara

Book - 2018

Raised in an alternative Mormon home in rural Idaho, Westover worked as an assistant midwife to her mother, labored in her father's junkyard and didn't attend school until she was 17. Raised in an alternative Mormon home in rural Idaho, Westover worked as an assistant midwife to her mother, labored in her father's junkyard and didn't attend school until she was 17. Show less

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O Pioneers!

by Cather, Willa

Book - 2011

A powerfully mythic tale of the American frontier told through the life of one extraordinary woman. A powerfully mythic tale of the American frontier told through the life of one extraordinary woman. Show less

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Rural Voices

15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-town America

Book - 2020

For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of literary genres dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural life. For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of literary genres dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural life. Show less

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The Worst Hard Time

The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Egan, Timothy

Book - 2006

The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing seen before or since. Egan shares the stories of the people who held on during this groundbreaking work. The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing seen before or since. Egan shares the stories of the people who held on during this groundbreaking work. Show less

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A Mercy

by Morrison, Toni

Book - 2008

In 1680s America, in exchange for bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love — first from an older servant woman at her master's new home. In 1680s America, in exchange for bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love — first from an older servant woman at her master's new home. Show less

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The Grapes of Wrath

by Steinbeck, John

Book - 2006

Set during the Great Depression, it traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships as migrant farm workers. Set during the Great Depression, it traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships as migrant farm workers. Show less

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As I Lay Dying

The Corrected Text

by Faulkner, William

Book - 2012

An honest, mystifying and painful story about a family's promise to their dying mother that they would transport her body across the rivers and rough countryside of Mississippi to the place of her birth to be buried. An honest, mystifying and painful story about a family's promise to their dying mother that they would transport her body across the rivers and rough countryside of Mississippi to the place of her birth to be buried. Show less

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No Country for Old Men

by McCarthy, Cormac

Book - 2006

Stumbling upon a bloody massacre, a cache of heroin and more than two million in cash during a hunting trip, Llewelyn Moss removes the money, a decision that draws him and his young wife into the middle of a violent confrontation. Stumbling upon a bloody massacre, a cache of heroin and more than two million in cash during a hunting trip, Llewelyn Moss removes the money, a decision that draws him and his young wife into the middle of a violent confrontation. Show less

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Narrow River, Wide Sky

A Memoir

by Forrester, Jenny

Book - 2017

Forrester's memoir perfectly captures both place and a community situated on the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, where she grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester's memoir perfectly captures both place and a community situated on the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, where she grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Show less

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The Warmth of Other Suns

The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

by Wilkerson, Isabel

Book - 2010

Wilkerson chronicles the migration of Black citizens who fled the South to northern and western cities in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson chronicles the migration of Black citizens who fled the South to northern and western cities in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Show less

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Heartland

A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

by Smarsh, Sarah

Book - 2018

Through her experiences growing up with her grandmother on a farm 30 miles west of Wichita, we are given a unique and essential look into the lives of poor and working-class Americans living in the heartland. Through her experiences growing up with her grandmother on a farm 30 miles west of Wichita, we are given a unique and essential look into the lives of poor and working-class Americans living in the heartland. Show less

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