Farmers Unite!

Planting a Protest for Fair Prices

Farmers Unite!
Lindsay Metcalf
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Hardback
Not defined - 64pg
10 Feb 2021 US
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9781684379088
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Author Lindsay H. Metcalf, a journalist who grew up on a family farm, shares this rarely told story of grassroots perseverance and economic justice. In 1979, US farmers traveled to Washington, DC to protest unfair prices for their products. Farmers wanted fair prices for their products and demanded action from Congress. After police corralled the tractors on the National Mall, the farmers and their tractors stayed through a snowstorm and dug out the city. Americans were now convinced they needed farmers, but the law took longer. Boldly told and highlighted with stunning archival images, this is the story of the struggle and triumph of the American farmer that still resonates today.
Accessible prose and quotations from primary sources enrich this nonfiction photo-illustrated picture book, which recounts the American farmers' protests that took place in the 1970s and ' 80s. The volume has a visually institutional bent, but its coverage of lesser-known protests makes it a solid school or library resource. Back matter includes an author' s note, a farm protest timeline, a table detailing U. S. farm prices through the years, and a list of sources. --Publishers Weekly A narrative nonfiction account of the American Agricultural Movement of the 1970s and 1980s, which uses sparse text and plenty of tractor photos. This is a well-researched look at the power of protest, the violence protesters sometimes endure at the hands of law enforcement, and the importance of community organization and activism. --School Library JournalThe U. S. has a long history of using protest to fight injustice, and this photo-essay takes readers back to 1977, when farmers were going broke selling their crops for less than it cost to produce them. The text and photos [provide]. . . facts about this important but often overlooked moment in history. --Booklist
Lindsay H. Metcalf has covered many change-makers as a reporter, editor, and columnist for The Kansas City Star and other news outlets. She is a co-editor with Keila V. Dawson and Jeanette Bradley of No Voice Too Small, a picture-book poetry anthology featuring fourteen young people making history.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781684379088
Published: 10 Feb 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Boyds Mills Press
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Format: Hardback
Pages: 64

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