COLUMBIA — MU graduate Tom McCartney has written a novel 14 years in the making. "Poisoned Roots" is a fictionalized account of his mother's struggle against construction of a large landfill in northeastern Missouri.
MU graduate tells tale of landfills and memories
Friday, December 19, 2008 | 2:53 p.m. CST
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