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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Addison, Corban, 1979– author.

Title: Wastelands : the true story of farm country on trial / Corban Addison.

Description: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021048239 (print) | LCCN 2021048240 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593320822 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593320839 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Smithfield Foods, Inc.—Trials, litigation, etc. | Pork industry and trade—Law and legislation—North Carolina. | Animal waste—Law and legislation—North Carolina. | Public nuisances—North Carolina.

Classification: LCC KF229.S65 A33 2022 (print) | LCC KF229.S65 (ebook) | DDC 346.7303/8—dc23/eng/20211220

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021048239

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021048240

Ebook ISBN 9780593320839

Cover photographs (details): barns © Emery Dalesio / AP Images; sky © J Shepherd / Photodisc / Getty Images

Cover design by Linda Huang

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