2019 One Book One Nebraska
This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways
This Blessed Earth asks the question, is there still a place for the farm in today's America? The family farm lies at the heart of
our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Farm from an isolated refuge beyond the reach of global events, the family farm is increasingly at the crossroads
of emerging technologies and international detente.
Libraries across Nebraska will join the Nebraska Center for the Book and other literary and cultural organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book.
One Book One Nebraska 2019 is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission.
2019 One Book One Nebraska Announced
Nebraska Author's Work Chosen for 2019 One Book One Nebraska This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm, a non-fiction book that tells the story of a farming family and the struggles they endure with the changing times, is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2019 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. Read more...
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, now in its fifteenth year, is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss the same book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A Nebraska Center for the Book committee selected the six finalists from a list of twenty-seven titles nominated by Nebraskans
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- One Book One Nebraska Official Website
- One Book One Nebraska Start Page — An introduction to the selections for each year