Old Farm : A History

by Apps, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780870204067
• ISBN10: 0870204068
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-07
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

Summary

One of the Midwestrs"s best-loved storytellers shares his most personal story. In Old Farm: A History,bestselling author Jerry Apps combines history, memoir, and call to action as he describes Roshara, the central Wisconsin farm where he and his family have spent more than forty years reaping the benefits of a close relationship to the land. Along with historic photos, maps, and documents,Old Farmfeatures beautiful contemporary photographs by Steve Apps capturing life at Roshara in all seasons, from snow-capped fenceposts to bacon sizzling on the woodstove. This lovely, highly personal book will delight Jerry Appsrs"s fans and newcomers alike.

Author Biography

Jerry Apps is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of more than twenty-five books, many of them on rural history and country life. Jerry’s nonfiction books include Every Farm Tells a Story, Living a Country Year, When Chores Were Done, Humor from the Country, Country Ways and Country Days, and Ringlingville USA. He has written two books for young readers, Tents, Tigers and the Ringling Brothers and Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker, and two novels, The Travels of Increase Joseph and In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story. He received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and the 2007 Notable Wisconsin Author Award from the Wisconsin Library Association.

Jerry was born and raised on a small farm in Wuashara County, Wisconsin, about two miles from the land that is the subject of Old Farm. He and his family have owned Roshara since 1966, and he and his wife, Ruth, continue to live there part time. Once a small dairy farm, the property is now a tree farm with an ongoing prairie renovation.

 

Steve Apps is an award-winning photojournalist with twenty-three years in the newspaper industry. As a Wisconsin State Journal staff photographer he has covered a wide range of assignments including the Green Bay Packers and University of Wisconsin–Madison sports. He enjoys documenting Wisconsin and in particular photographing at the family farm in Waushara County.