books.google.com - "This fine first novel courts comparison with Willa Cather's . . . O Pioneers! But there is a big difference, since O Pioneers! . . . is about beginnings, while Leaving the Land is, sadly and disturbingly, about endings. It shows family farming giving way to corporate farming and agribusiness. . . ....http://books.google.com/books/about/Leaving_the_Land.html?id=oU_UszN7xbsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLeaving the Land
