Joseph Preacher

Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His other novels are In a Pickle, Blue Shadows Farm, and the forthcoming Cranberry Red. His many nonfiction books include Every Farm Tells a Story, Old Farm, Country Wisdom, One-Room Country Schools, Cheese, Breweries of Wisconsin, and Ringlingville USA. Apps received the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers.