<p>The African American intellectual George Brown confronts the brutality of Firestone's rubber plantation empire in Liberia in an excerpt from a new history of the company. </p>
Don Orth has released the 14th book in a series of books that tell the story of the greater Renville County community and its people. Humor is the theme for this year's book. Like its predecessors, this book offers insights into the lives of those famous and otherwise.