The Church in the Plains

Synopsis

'the Church In The Plains'' Tells The Story Of A German Lutheran Farming Community Whose Members Immigrated To Ohio In The 1830s. These Poems Focus On The Community's Relationship With The Church And The Land--the Expanse Of Plains, Formerly Wetlands, Drained And Cultivated By Forefathers--and How That Relationship Has Changed Since The 19th Century. Farmers Have Always Had A Fraught Relationship With Development. It Provided Them With Tractors And Drainage Tiles To Farm The Rich Flood-plain Soil, Yet Also Gave Rise To A Burgeoning Urban Population, Which Oozes At A Troubling Pace Toward Family Farms.