The great Jerusalem artichoke circus : the buying and selling of the rural American dream
Table of contents
ch. 1. Country prophet -- ch. 2. Bulldozing businessman -- ch. 3. Buyers and sellers of seed -- ch. 4. Perfect consultant -- ch. 5. What made the company run -- ch. 6. Killing off the goose that laid the golden egg -- ch. 7. Folding up the tent -- ch. 8. County attorney and his investigator -- ch. 9. Lost covenant
Dates
- Copyright: 1993
Creator
- Amato, Joseph Anthony (Author, Person)
Extent
1 Volumes : Paperback; 244 pages; illustrations
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In 1981, near the end of the second post-World War II energy crisis and at the onset of the nation's most recent farm crisis, American Energy Farming Systems began to sell and distribute what it called a 'providential plant' destined to be a new and saving crop: the Jerusalem artichoke. In this book, the author tells the story of the failed attempt by a less-than-honest businessman to introduce this new crop to a depressed agricultural region of the United States.
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Source
- University of Minnesota Press (Publisher, Organization)
- Title
- The great Jerusalem artichoke circus : the buying and selling of the rural American dream
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2026-2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center Repository
Southwest Minnesota State University
McFarland Library
1501 State Street
Marshall MN 56258