Pride and Produce

Haysom takes us on a fascinating journey into the mysterious Drowned Lands from the prehistoric era to today, from the Ice
Age and early Native Americans to the Age of Global Warming. With uncanny insight we are introduced to its organically-rich black dirt, its hydrology, its flora and fauna, its bountiful crops and the proud but dirt poor immigrants from eastern Europe who within two generations transformed this tangled wetland into one of America's most productive agricultural food sheds, feeding millions of metropolitan consumers while achieving prosperity and a good life for their families.