Summary: The Jordan family has farmed in Iowa for generations. Due to the crisis of the '80s and '90s, they are in danger of losing the farm. One of the daughters comes back home to document the extraordinary efforts the family makes to keep their farm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TROKinsella, W. P.
Summary: A dreamer builds a baseball diamond amid the Iowa cornfields and waits for the outstanding, but dead, baseball players of the past to show up for a very special game.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINSummary: Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Harry Truman campaigning among farmers in Iowa (1948) & interview with farmer who recalls the speech (this part is from 1992)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLILoveless, Leslie A.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2002