get PDF The Farmers Lawyer The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm | Sarahs story told in her unique voice inspires me and Im sure it will inspire you to fight for family farmers Willie Nelson An exquisitely written American saga Sarah SmarshRemarkably well told and heartfe John Grisham The unforgettable true story of a young lawyers impossible legal battle to stop the federal government from foreclosing on thousands of family farmers In the early s farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression Land prices were down operating costs and interest rates were up and severe weather devastated crops Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the s these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Rooseve created to help them Desperate they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota Sarah a young lawyer and single mother listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and inspired by the politicians who had helped