![]() | The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County Jerry Apps was born and raised on a Wisconsin farm. A former agricultural extension agent, he is a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin#150;Madison. His other novels in the Ames County series are The Travels of Increase Joseph , In a Pickle , Blue Shadows Farm , Cranberry Red , and Tamarack River Ghost . His many nonfiction books include The Quiet Season , Garden Wisdom , Barns of Wisconsin , Breweries of Wisconsin , Every Farm Tells a Story , Old Farm , and One-Room Country Schools . Apps received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin#150;Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. |
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