{"product_id":"travels-of-increase-joseph-jerry-apps-9780299247546","title":"Travels of Increase Joseph: A Historical Novel about a Pioneer Preacher","description":"Plum Falls, New York, 1840s: Dismissed from Harvard Divinity School for his liberal views, Increase Joseph Link arrives home with a heavy heart. He gives up his dream of becoming a minister to settle for life on the farm, until the day he is struck by lightning and hears a voice telling him to rise and speak. Heeding that voice, Increase becomes a preacher, advocating for environmental protection and the end of slavery and war. His growing band of followers calls itself the Standalone Fellowship, and they accompany him on his move west to Wisconsin, to a place of better land and opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e Link Lake, Wisconsin, 1852: Preacher Increase Link and the Standalone Fellowship settle near a lake that they name in his honor. Increase's gifted tongue calls people to his mission to protect the land: \"Unless we take care of the land we shall all perish.\" To finance the fellowship activities, Increase sells his special cure-all tonic--fifty cents per bottle!\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by actual events that took place in upstate New York and Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Travels of Increase Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in Jerry Apps's series set in fictional Ames County, Wisconsin. The four novels in the series--which also includes \u003ci\u003eIn a Pickle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Shadows Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eCranberry Red\u003c\/i\u003e--all take place around Link Lake at different points in history. They convey Apps's deep knowledge of rural life and his own concern for land stewardship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Apps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299247546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299247546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Jerry Apps","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913578709247,"sku":"9780299247546","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2007e471-7f7e-40fc-b0ed-18e5f97c8149.jpg?v=1680621163","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/travels-of-increase-joseph-jerry-apps-9780299247546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}