Love Valley: An American Utopia

by Conrad Ostwalt

Book Overview

Love Valley is a small town in rural North Carolina. Its genesis in 1954 marked the fulfillment of a dream for founder Andy Barker. Barker cultivated two visions as a young man-he wanted to build a Christian community, and he wanted to be a cowboy. The result of his vision is Barker's utopian experiment.
The town boasts a saloon, general store, hitching posts, and rodeos. Yet, above all of this stands a little church-the heart of what Barker conceived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879727608
• ISBN13: 9780879727604
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"