{"product_id":"book-cm60","title":"Storm Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A reminder that even the smallest newspapers can hold the most powerful among us accountable.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatch the documentary \u003ci\u003eStorm Lake\u003c\/i\u003e on PBS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIowa plays an outsize role in national politics. Iowa introduced Barack Obama and voted bigly for Donald Trump. But is it a bellwether for America, a harbinger of its future? Art Cullen’s answer is complicated and honest. In truth, Iowa is losing ground. The Trump trade wars are hammering farmers and manufacturers. Health insurance premiums and drug prices are soaring. That’s what Iowans are dealing with, and the problems they face are the problems of the heartland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this candid and timely book, Art Cullen—the \u003ci\u003eStorm Lake Times \u003c\/i\u003enewspaperman who won a Pulitzer Prize for taking on big corporate agri-industry and its poisoning of local rivers—describes how the heartland has changed dramatically over his career. In a story where politics, agri­culture, the environment, and immigration all converge, Cullen offers an unsentimental ode to rural America and to the resilient people of a vibrant community of fifteen thousand in Northwest Iowa, as much sur­vivors as their town.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49330290491696,"sku":"BDcm60","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/210861-cm60-Square.jpg?v=1733771101","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cm60","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}