TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Marston TI - Prairie perpendicular SN - 1592981488 (pbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - Edina, Minn. PB - Beavers Pond Press KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects KW - Fiction KW - Farm life KW - North Dakota KW - Pastoral fiction KW - gsafd N2 - Farmers and residents of prairie towns know the seasonal rhythms of planting and harvest are not in tune with erratic cycles of global production and demand. Tom Cooper is caught up in these dynamics. The story illuminates the human cost of agribusiness, leading to Tom's alcoholism, isolation, and emotional downward spiral that destroys the family ER -