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The National Road

by Tom Zoellner
Rick Adamson
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This collection of "eloquent essays that examine the relationship between the American landscape and the national character" serves to remind us that despite our differences we all belong to the same land (Publishers Weekly). What does it mean when a nation accustomed to moving begins to settle down, when political discord threatens unity, and when technology disrupts traditional ways of building communities? Is a shared soil enough to reinvigorate a national spirit? From the embaattled newsrooms of small town newspapers to the pornography film sets of the Los Angeles basin, from the check-out lanes of Dollar General to the holy sites of Mormonism, from the nation's highest peaks to the razed remains of a cherished home, like a latter-day Woody Guthrie, Tom Zoellner takes to the highways and byways of a vast land in search of the soul of its people. By turns nostalgic and probing, incisive and enraged, Zoellner's reflections reveal a nation divided by faith, politics, and shifting economies, but-more importantly-one united by a shared sense of ownership in the common land.
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Publisher: Kalorama Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781696607124
  • File size: 280452 KB
  • Release date: November 30, 2021
  • Duration: 09:44:16

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  • ISBN: 9781696607124
  • File size: 280494 KB
  • Release date: November 30, 2021
  • Duration: 09:50:12
  • Number of parts: 11
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This collection of "eloquent essays that examine the relationship between the American landscape and the national character" serves to remind us that despite our differences we all belong to the same land (Publishers Weekly). What does it mean when a nation accustomed to moving begins to settle down, when political discord threatens unity, and when technology disrupts traditional ways of building communities? Is a shared soil enough to reinvigorate a national spirit? From the embaattled newsrooms of small town newspapers to the pornography film sets of the Los Angeles basin, from the check-out lanes of Dollar General to the holy sites of Mormonism, from the nation's highest peaks to the razed remains of a cherished home, like a latter-day Woody Guthrie, Tom Zoellner takes to the highways and byways of a vast land in search of the soul of its people. By turns nostalgic and probing, incisive and enraged, Zoellner's reflections reveal a nation divided by faith, politics, and shifting economies, but-more importantly-one united by a shared sense of ownership in the common land.
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Essays Literary Criticism Sociology Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    Kalorama
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696607124
    File size: 280452 KB
    Release date: November 30, 2021
    Duration: 09:44:16

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696607124
    File size: 280494 KB
    Release date: November 30, 2021
    Duration: 09:50:12
    Number of parts: 11

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