Book's photographs chronicle life in dryland wheat country

In 2010, Lionel Delevingne and Steve Turner produced a book titled “Drylands: A Rural American Saga,” which the content focused on agricultural development in Adams County.

Lionel Delevingne is a native of France but moved to the United States in 1975 to pursue a career in photography. Soon after his arrival in the U.S., he met Turner and they began combining their journalistic talents to produce various publications.

Turner wrote the book “Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country” that focused on the agricultural community in Adams County. Tu...