In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story

by Jerry Apps

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"The year is 1955. Andy Meyer, a young farmer, manages the pickle factory in Link Lake, a rural town where the farms are small, the conversation is meandering, and the feeling is distinctly Midwestern. Workers sort, weigh, and dump cucumbers into huge vats where the pickles cure, providing a livelihood to local farmers. But the H. H. Harlow Pickle Company has appeared in town, using heavy-handed tactics to force family farmers to either farm the Harlow way or lose their biggest show more customer--and, possibly, their land. Andy, himself the owner of a half-acre pickle patch, works part-time for the Harlow Company, a conflict that places him between the family farm and the big corporation. As he sees how Harlow begins to change the rural community and the lives of its people, Andy must make personal, ethical, and life-changing decisions."--From publisher's description. show less

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Amusing story about fictional small-town WI in the 1950's. The resident farmers grow cucumbers to supplement their incomes. A big conglomerate takes over the local pickle salting station and impacts their lives. Told from the standpoint of the manager of the local station. A bit preachy about the need to treat the earth with care but a great story. A quick read and interesting trivia about pickles :)
Andy Meyer, a young farmer and cucumber warehouse manager, lives in a rural Wisconsin community where everyone is interconnected. New machines, processes, and philosophies are changing farming and the landscape. Will his choices lead to success for himself and the community he lives in? What is success?
Although I liked this book, I liked the first 2 in the series better - maybe just because they were set earlier, and I learned more from them. I am still looking forward to reading the last.
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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PS3601 .P67 .I5Language and LiteratureAmerican literature
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