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The Backroad Librarian: Survival of Rural America

July 29, 2008

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Can local initiative keep tiny towns of the Plains from withering away? Marcel LaFlamme sees an array of structural forces at work and concludes that gumption isn't enough.

By Marcel LaFlamme

Full Story: http://www.dailyyonder.com/backroad- ... ral-america

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