The Heartland: An American History Puzzle has become a legend for

has become a legend for those who hike the trail

Introductory sections provide essential context on regional geography

dedications and honorifics of every sort proclaimed that the sacrifices of community and soldiers would never be forgotten

Nothing did

The Heartland: An American History Puzzle has become a legend forA history of a quintessentially American place the rural and small town heartland that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world. When Kristin L. Hoganson arrived in Champaign, Illinois, after teaching at Harvard, studying at Yale, and living in the D. C. metro area with various stints overseas, she expected to find her new home, well, isolated. Even provincial. After all, she had landed in the American heartland, a place where