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In his first two PBS specials, “A Farm Story with Jerry Apps” and “A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps,” the popular Midwestern author and historian explored his childhood from the Great Depression to World War II through personal memories and photos from the Wild Rose community. In “The Land With Jerry Apps,” he reaches forward, looking ahead by sharing his passion for the land, conservation, and local farming.
In chapters that follow the seasons, Apps takes viewers on a walk in the woods with his grandsons, passing along lessons that can be gleaned from listening to the land. With a wit and wisdom inherited from his father on their Midwestern farm, Apps recalls stories that unite the generations by informing a shared appreciation for the world around us.
The program is a companion to Apps’ new book, "Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist's Memoir," from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
Born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, Jerry Apps is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His nonfiction books include "Limping through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir," "Rural Wit and Wisdom: Time-Honored Values from the Heartland," "Old Farm: A History, Living a Country Year and Campfires and Loon Calls."
Apps has won awards for his writing from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Library Association (the 2007 Notable Authors Award), American Library Association, Foreword Magazine, Midwest Independent Publishers Association, Robert E. Gard Foundation, The Wisconsin Council for Writers (the 2007 Major Achievement Award), Upper Midwest Booksellers, and Barnes and Noble Bookstores, among others. In 2010 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
You can follow @jerryapps on Twitter.
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The Land With Jerry Apps
"Join the author and historian for a walk in the woods
