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Author Steve Turner at Inklings

Monday, June 29 2009, 19:00 - 21:00

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Monday, June 29 7:00 PM

Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat, and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country

By Steve Turner

Adams County, Washington, is home to farmlands on the Columbia

Plateau that produce more crops than might be expected. While unique in its geography and history, it also faces many of the problems confronting farmers throughout rural America.

Seasoned journalist Steve Turner, having spent time in Adams County as a young harvest hand, returned to the region to portray farm life and history in a land where change is a subtle but powerful constant. Amber Waves and Undertow interweaves family narratives, historical episodes, and Turner's own experiences to illuminate the transformation of rural America from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.

The University of Oklahoma Press states, “In the mode of John McPhee and Wendell Berry, Turner’s lyrical prose conveys his affection for both the land and its inhabitants . . . . Steve Turner has written feature articles for the Boston Globe, Le Figaro, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Examiner, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Yearbooks of the Colliers and Encarta encyclopedias, among many others. He currently resides in Santa Cruz, CA.”

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