In this paperback original, a stable of fresh stories by award-winning
writer Will Weaver (Full Service and Barns of Minnesota, are
complemented by a hand-picked selection of favorites from his original
collection, A Gravestone Made of Wheat, to offer a fresh, vivid portrait
of the changing midwestern landscape. New highlights include "Blaze of
Glory," an enchanting tale of an RV road trip and a senior couple's
"last time"; "The Trapper," the story of a hard split between an old
trapper and a younger female environmentalist; and "The Last Farmer,"
the capstone story of this elegant collection that examines the
discovery by a high-tech farmer of the history of the old houses on his
land. Fourteen stories in all portray the bountiful and whimsical and
cruel human spirit and the swirling transformation of America's
heartland.