
Wastelands
The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
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Rob Shapiro
"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written."—From the Foreword by John Grisham
The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world’s most powerful companies—and, miraculously, they won.
As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight.
There is Elsie Herring, the most outspoken of the neighbors, who has endured racial slurs and the threat of a restraining order to tell the story of the waste raining down on her rooftop from the hog operation next door. There is Don Webb, a larger-than-life hog farmer turned grassroots crusader, and Rick Dove, a riverkeeper and erstwhile military judge who has pioneered the use of aerial photography to document the scale of the pollution. There is Woodell McGowan, a quiet man whose quest to redeem his family’s ancestral land encourages him to become a better neighbor, and Dr. Steve Wing, a groundbreaking epidemiologist whose work on the health effects of hog waste exposure translates the neighbors’ stories into the argot of science. And there is Tom Butler, an environmental savant and hog industry insider whose whistleblowing testimony electrifies the jury.
Fighting alongside them in the courtroom is Mona Lisa Wallace, who broke the gender barrier in her small southern town and built a storied legal career out of vanquishing corporate giants, and Mike Kaeske, whose trial skills are second to none.
With journalistic rigor and a novelist’s instinct for story, Corban Addison's Wastelands captures the inspiring struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once-invincible corporation to change, and to preserve the rights—and restore the heritage—of a long-suffering community.
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“Exceptional. . . heartbreaking. . .Addison reveals how a cadre of dedicated lawyers and long-suffering North Carolina families fought, and won, against Big Pork. . .This high-stakes legal saga is a must-read.”
—Publishers Weekly [starred review]
“In Wastelands, Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities … [A] legal thriller, full of energy and compassion … [and] a damning portrait of how we feed ourselves …”
—Eric Schlosser, The New York Times Book Review
“[F]illed with charismatic, colorful characters … lovingly and sincerely wrought … [T]he satisfaction of a book like Wastelands lies in a truly rare kind of redemption. Goliath is slain. The good guys win. And Addison has the pleasure of being the verdict’s messenger.”
—Leslie Pariseau, The Los Angeles Times
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Land Owners Rights 🙏
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Justice Delayed but Not Denied
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Stop eating animals
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Eyes wide open
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Riveting
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Absolutely riveting and we’ll done!
Corbin is magical!
Next listen now!
Wonderful!
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Justice for not only people, but the animals and the land thru the hard efforts of the legal warriors and brave plaintiffs.
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The connection to appropriate reparations for harm done to people of color is weaved throughout the plot. Atticus Finch even came to my mind during the court trial. The people in this book had ancestors who were enslaved and now white farmers were saying that they didn’t have to respect their property rights. Their right to farm, in their mind, is more important than their neighbors’ right to enjoy their property.
What if that neighbor was the governor?
This story is well told, with description that transports the reader to any location the author wishes. character description is also spot on and the reader starts to imagine various stars who might be cast in these roles.
I love a book with a mission.
We need more books like this.
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Defacement of power
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