Wastelands
The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
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Narrateur(s):
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Rob Shapiro
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Auteur(s):
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Corban Addison
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John Grisham - foreword
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"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written."—From the Foreword by John Grisham
The 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.
As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes 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.
There 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.
Fighting 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.
With journalistic rigor and a novelist’s instinct for story, Corban Addison's Wastelands 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.
©2022 Corban Addison and John Grisham (P)2022 Random House AudioVous pourriez aussi aimer...
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Ce que les critiques en disent
“Exceptional. . . heartbreaking. . .Addison reveals how a cadre of dedicated lawyers and long-suffering North Carolina families fought, and won, against Big Pork. . .This high-stakes legal saga is a must-read.”
—Publishers Weekly [starred review]
“In Wastelands, Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities … [A] legal thriller, full of energy and compassion … [and] a damning portrait of how we feed ourselves …”
—Eric Schlosser, The New York Times Book Review
“[F]illed with charismatic, colorful characters … lovingly and sincerely wrought … [T]he satisfaction of a book like Wastelands lies in a truly rare kind of redemption. Goliath is slain. The good guys win. And Addison has the pleasure of being the verdict’s messenger.”
—Leslie Pariseau, The Los Angeles Times
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2022-12-27
Great story!
I finished this book in a day and a half!
Couldn’t put it down!
Mr. Shapiro does a very good job in his narrative!
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- Darcy Broen
- 2024-08-25
Couldn't stop listening!
Great non-fiction story that uncovers the shocking truth about the hog industry. Very well narrated..
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- Kelly Yardy
- 2022-06-16
The best thriller, yet it’s nonfiction!
I’m still recovering from listening to this book. I like to think of myself as knowledgeable about the world however this blew my mind.
So well written and read on audible! We all need to be much more aware of the impacts of what we purchase. Thank you @CorbanAddison! Everyone should read this book.
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