Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
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A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize Winner of the Hillman Prize for Book
JournalismNamed a best book of the year bythe Los Angeles Timesthe San Francisco Chroniclethe Saint Louis PostDispatchthe
Chicago Tribunethe Seattle TimesA stunning look at a problem that has dire consequences for our countryNew York PostThe dramatic story of Methamphetamine as it comes to the American Heartlanda timely moving account of one communitys attempt to confront the epidemic and see their way to a brighter futureThe bestselling book that launched meth back into the nations consciousness Based on Redings four years of reporting in the agricultural town of Oelwein Iowa and tracing the connections to the global forces that set the stage for the meth epidemic Methland offers a vital perspective on a contemporary tragedy It is a portrait of a community under siege of the lives that meth has devastated and of the heroes who continue to fight the war