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Forty Acres
Gerard F. Murrin
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Description for Forty Acres
Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
This spellbinding tale, filled with engaging characters, heroes and villains alike, confronts the land-use crisis in America. With chilling affect, this story foreshadows the look and feel of the mid-21st-century given the continued loss of land to commercial and residential development. In Murrin's fictional America, the federal government enacts radical legislation in an attempt to control land-use practices, resulting in a political landscape that is unrecognizable. Local power brokers quickly learn to manipulate the new system, outlawing dissension groups while continuing to devour open space at an alarming rate. However, despite being driven underground, the tiny Land Preservation Society (LPS) ... Read more
This spellbinding tale, filled with engaging characters, heroes and villains alike, confronts the land-use crisis in America. With chilling affect, this story foreshadows the look and feel of the mid-21st-century given the continued loss of land to commercial and residential development. In Murrin's fictional America, the federal government enacts radical legislation in an attempt to control land-use practices, resulting in a political landscape that is unrecognizable. Local power brokers quickly learn to manipulate the new system, outlawing dissension groups while continuing to devour open space at an alarming rate. However, despite being driven underground, the tiny Land Preservation Society (LPS) ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781931741743
SKU
V9781931741743
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-25
About Gerard F. Murrin
Jerry Murrin's love of the outdoors led him to question land use, or misuse, in America and inspired him to write Forty Acres. He lives with his wife Tracy, and between them they have five teenagers. Jerry's fulltime career is as a financial officer for a company outside of Chicago. He is also the author of Jackson Choice.
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