02916cam a2200409 i 4500 25138 25138 811597627 OSt 20190502000152.0 121228s2013 nyuab 000 0deng 2012050451 9780805094466 (hbk.) 0805094466 (hbk.) (OCoLC)811597627 nmt n-us--- 973.93 23 973.93 .C175ℓ Caputo, Philip 3155 The longest road : overland in search of America from Key West to the Arctic Ocean / Philip Caputo First edition New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2013 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Map on lining papers One 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 Traces 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 recession Caputo, Philip Travel United States 3156 National characteristics, American 3157 United States Description and travel 1581 United States Biography 3158 United States Social life and customs 21st century 3159 United States Social conditions 21st century 3160 .b103618545 ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ abelj NF 2017-09-28 28.00 1 973.93 CAPU 37136 2018-01-10 2017-12-14 2017-09-28 BOOK