In this collection of thoughtful essays, JerryApps reflects on the “simple things” that made up everyday life on the farm—an old cedar fencepost, Fanny the farm dog, the trusty tools used for farmwor
The Midwest in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s was a special place, where parents and children worked side by side to eke out a living from the land, and neighbors stuck by each other through good t
1840s, Plum Falls, New York: Dismissed from Harvard Divinity School for his liberal views, Increase Joseph Link arrives home with a heavy heart. He gives up his dream of becoming a minister to settle
In 1955, Andy Meyer, a young farmer and manager of the pickle factory in Link Lake, Wisconsin, and his fellow farmers are confronted by the arrival of the powerful H. H. Harlow Pickle Company, which u
Silas Starkweather, a Civil War veteran, is drawn to Wisconsin and homesteads 160 acres in Ames County, where he is known as the mysterious farmer forever digging holes. After years of hardship and to
Farm boy professor shares a life of lessons. “I never wanted to be a professor,” writes JerryApps in the introduction to Once a Professor. Yet a series of unexpected events and unplanned experience
When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young career—just as the paper
In this new edition of his classic book, award-winning author JerryApps shares a unique perspective on the great barns of rural Wisconsin. Digging deep as both an enthusiast and a farmer, Ap
Limping through LifeA Farm Boy’s Polio MemoirJerryApps“Families throughout the United States lived in fear of polio throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, and now the disease had come to our farm
The Quiet SeasonRemembering Country WintersJerryApps “As I think back to the days of my childhood, the frost-covered windows in my bedroom,the frigid walks to the country school, the excitement of a
Inspired by actual events that took place in upstate New York and Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century."An enjoyable read that will stir the thoughts of even the most hard-hearted."---John Oncken,
JerryApps, renowned author and veteran storyteller, believes that storytelling is the key to maintaining our humanity, fostering connection, and preserving our common history. InTelling Your Story, h
"I'm embarrassed to say I thought I knew anything substantial about Wisconsin agriculture or its history before I read this book. 'Wisconsin Agriculture' should be required reading in history
A popular collection of memories and recollections from people who learned at and taught in one-room schools in Wisconsin, including former pupil JerryApps, the book’s author.
