Nothing but the Dirt Steven J. Diner Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro's

Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro's operations from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present

how they use language to learn and the role of adults in the process

have altered both the critical relationship between logistics and warfare and

and never flagging in her care of her severely injured son

Nothing but the Dirt Steven J. Diner Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro'sIn this work of creative nonfiction, author Kate Benz provides an intimate look at the present day residents of Courtland, Kansas (population 285), a town whose economy depends almost entirely on agriculture. Through charming, first person accounts, Nothing but the Dirt: Stories from an American Farm Town tells the whole story of life in Courtland, bucking the "Rural America is dying" narrative that so often proliferates national headlines about small