Jerold W Apps

"In More Than Words, Jerry Apps writes about his path to becoming one of the Midwest's bestknown and most revered writers. He shares the joys, disappointments, and frustrations of the writing life and describes the genesis and creation of many of his best-known publications. As Jerry recounts his storied writing and publishing career, he provides an insider's view into the sources of ideas for his work, his research strategies, and his guidelines...

"Jerry reads eleven of his favorite stories from his best- selling rural history books. Relive with Jerry a polka dance at the country school. Meet the children of the Chain O'Lake 4-H Club. Work on a threshing crew. Sit by an old cook stove on a winter's day. Recall the stories on the back porch and more" -- product description from web site.

A farmer is convinced that everyone will love rutabagas as much as he does if only they're grown right, and so he recruits his sons to help prepare the soil and plant, harvest, and sell the crop.

Enjoy a portrait of Wisconsin farm life as seen through the eyes of a boy growing up in Waushara County during the 1930s and 1940s. Acclaimed Wisconsin historian and author Jerry Apps evokes memories of a time when almost as many Americans lived on farms as in cities, and examines day-to-day rural life. Fieldwork was done with horses, cows were milked by hand, lanterns were the source of light, and community was essential for survival. Apps explores...

C.J. Anderson returned from Afghanistan broken and reeling from the sudden death of his parents. At the suggestion of his grandfather, he began working a small farm plot, and his success helps him begin to heal. Other wounded army friends join him and they begin to build a collective. But not all the neighbors are pleased with the changes the group brings.

"After his mother Anna was killed by a train, Elmer Pritzl was thrown into adulthood at the tender age of sixteen. A clever and crafty fellow, Elmer quickly found work at the local foundry. Promoted to foreman by age eighteen, he began supervising men double and even triple his age during the depths of the Great Depression. However, that professional career track ended abruptly five years later when Elmer fell in love with a farmer's daughter, Julia...

Wisconsin author and historian, Jerry Apps walks through the seasons on his central Wisconsin farm with his grandsons and he passes along lessons that can be gleaned from listening to the land. Apps recalls stories that unite the generations by informing a shared appreciation for the world around us.