Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence / Stephen Kurczy.

Kurczy, Stephen, (author.).

Summary:
An award-winning journalist takes us deep into the Appalachian Mountains where the last truly quiet town of America exists and where its residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity, challenging us to rethink the role of tech in our lives.
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned. It is home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology,. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity; schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. Kurcxy introduces readers to a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; "electrosensitives" who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff's department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow; and ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062945495
  • ISBN: 0062945491
  • Physical Description: 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: "To anyone who will listen" -- Quiet search -- Quiet discovery -- Quiet end? -- Epilogue: "Masters of social distancing".
Subject: Green Bank (W. Va.) > Social life and customs.
Technology > Social aspects > West Virginia > Green Bank.
Kurczy, Stephen > Travel > West Virginia > Green Bank.

Available copies

  • 18 of 18 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 975.487 KURCZY (Text) 50686016079860 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library 975.4 KUR (Text) 33249023880234 Non-fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 975.487 K965q (Text) 85131001774018 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 303.483 KURZ (Text) 36446002045022 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Gettysburg Library 303.483 KURCZY (Text)
Endowment: Althea Schildknecht Named Endowment, 2021
35740635755606 Nonfiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 975.4 KUR Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Glenn E. Bair
34007002440969 Adult Area Available -
Juniata County Library 975.4 KUR (Text) 39640100618287 JUNM Non-Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 975.487 KUR (Text) 33400001524837 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 975.4 KUR Nonfiction (Text) 34262000761342 Main Room Recently Returned -
New Castle Public Library 303.483 Kurczy (Text)
Bookplate: Purchased with Funds Provided by the Friends of the Library.
31902005435482 NWCM Non-Fiction Available -


Additional Resources