{"id":4236,"date":"2009-08-20T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2009-08-18T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T14:45:09","slug":"iowas-unfortunate-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/iowas-unfortunate-export\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa&#8217;s unfortunate export"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2130213\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/indexCA3TZVXS.gif?resize=124%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"indexCA3TZVXS\" width=\"124\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>Iowa.\u00a0 Midwestern values.\u00a0 <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|200650\" target=\"_blank\">Bridges of Madison County<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|59765\" target=\"_blank\">Postville<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1040850\" target=\"_blank\">The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Salt of the earth people in an idyllic pastoral setting.<\/p>\n<p>Juxtapose this with the harrowing, gory details of the crystal meth epidemic and you have <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2130213\" target=\"_blank\">Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a problem we somewhat comprehend due to the occasional headline-evoking mental images of skinny wound-up kids.\u00a0 Enter Oelwein, IA near Waterloo.\u00a0 Although, with the population of roughly 6000, and a tiny barbershop\/greasy spoon Main Street, on the surface it could just as easily be called Eldridge, LeClaire, Wilton, or Maquoketa.\u00a0 For a time, Iowa was a national power in this citizen stopgap solution to high unemployment and corporate agribusiness.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2130213\" target=\"_blank\">Methland<\/a><\/strong><\/em> functions as a primer featuring real people of this cottage industry that operates out of backwoods trailers and gravel-road labs, letting the reader become intimately acquainted with the toothless, burned-up shells of former townspeople and the futile management efforts of local powers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a local nonfiction version of your favorite gruesome primetime CSI fare, here it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa.\u00a0 Midwestern values.\u00a0 Bridges of Madison County, Postville, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Salt of the earth people in an idyllic pastoral setting. 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