Follow Rundal and Libby Ditka as they meet, marry and homestead on the banks of the North Platte River in western Nebraska at the very end of the 1890s, then found the village of Ditkaville, Nebraska. Witness firsthand the town's descent into prostitution and vice, and its eventual disappearance behind the mist of collective forgetfulness. Using a strong dose of magic realism, the novel satirizes modern America's culture wars-with delicate stabs at democracy, homelessness, agriculture, genetic engineering, and the pioneer ...
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Follow Rundal and Libby Ditka as they meet, marry and homestead on the banks of the North Platte River in western Nebraska at the very end of the 1890s, then found the village of Ditkaville, Nebraska. Witness firsthand the town's descent into prostitution and vice, and its eventual disappearance behind the mist of collective forgetfulness. Using a strong dose of magic realism, the novel satirizes modern America's culture wars-with delicate stabs at democracy, homelessness, agriculture, genetic engineering, and the pioneer saga-in a way that is humorous and ironic.
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