02758cam a2200361 i 4500001001000000003000400010005001700014008004100031010001500072020002500087020002200112035002100134040000800155043001200163082001500175100001900190245010500209250001800314264004600332300004500378336002100423337002500444338002300469500002500492520139400517520022501911600004202136650003902178651004202217651002902259651005702288651005102345811597627OSt20190502000152.0121228s2013    nyuab         000 0deng    a2012050451  a9780805094466 (hbk.)  a0805094466 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)811597627  cnmt  an-us---00a973.932231 aCaputo, Philip14aThe longest road :boverland in search of America from Key West to the Arctic Ocean /cPhilip Caputo  aFirst edition 1aNew York :bHenry Holt and Company,c2013  a304 pages :billustrations, map ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aMap on lining papers  aOne of America's most respected writers takes an epic journey across America, Airstream in tow, and asks everyday Americans what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large. Standing on a wind-scoured island off the Alaskan coast, Philip Caputo marveled that its Inupiat Eskimo schoolchildren pledge allegiance to the same flag as the children of Cuban immigrants in Key West, six thousand miles away. And a question began to take shape: How does the United States, peopled by every race on earth, remain united? Caputo resolved that one day he'd drive from the nation's southernmost point to the northernmost point reachable by road, talking to everyday Americans about their lives and asking how they would answer his question. So it was that in 2011, in an America more divided than in living memory, Caputo, his wife, and their two English setters made their way in a truck and classic trailer (hereafter known as "Fred" and "Ethel") from Key West, Florida, to Deadhorse, Alaska, covering 16,000 miles. He spoke to everyone from a West Virginia couple saving souls to a Native American shaman and taco entrepreneur. What he found is a story that will entertain and inspire readers as much as it informs them about the state of today's United States, the glue that holds us all together, and the conflicts that could cause us to pull apart.--Publisher's description  aTraces the author's 2011 road trip from the southernmost to the northernmost points of the United States to experience firsthand the country's diversity and political tensions in the face of a historic economic recession10aCaputo, PhilipxTravelzUnited States 0aNational characteristics, American 0aUnited StatesxDescription and travel 0aUnited StatesvBiography 0aUnited StatesxSocial life and customsy21st century 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy21st century