Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale (The Seventh Generation: Survival, Sustainability, Sustenance in a New Nature)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 162349351X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Encountering increased truck traffic on the roads, crossing pipeline construction on the trails, and passing a growing number of flaring gas wells, the author’s rides begin to shape his academic work in ways he found surprising and sobering. Living on seven acres above the shale, Jimmy Guignard tells his story as an English professor grappling with the meaning of place and the power of words as he watches the rural landscape his family calls home be transformed into an industrial sacrifice zone. Before the dust settles, as many as 100,000 natural gas wells may be drilled into the Marcellus S
How Fracking Changed One Rural County Seldom have I read a book that spoke so directly to me about a place I lived in and loved, and if anyone wants to know about Tioga County, Pennsylvania and how fracking changed a rural community I recommend PEDALING THE SACRIFICE ZONE. Written by a professor of rhetoric, Jimmy Guignard examines how the gas industry controlled the narrative as it invaded/occupied a poor, less educated community. He vividly describes the joys of rural life in the north end of the Appalachian Mount
"Pedaling through some of the country's loveliest--and hardest-used--countryside, the author provides the rare combination of information and wisdom. This is a real act of witness." — Bill McKibben, Author of Deep Economy