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100 1 _aCaputo, Philip
_93155
245 1 4 _aThe longest road :
_boverland in search of America from Key West to the Arctic Ocean /
_cPhilip Caputo
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHenry Holt and Company,
_c2013
300 _a304 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aMap on lining papers
520 _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
520 _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 recession
600 1 0 _aCaputo, Philip
_xTravel
_zUnited States
_93156
650 0 _aNational characteristics, American
_93157
651 0 _aUnited States
_xDescription and travel
_91581
651 0 _aUnited States
_vBiography
_93158
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y21st century
_93159
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y21st century
_93160
907 _a.b103618545
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_cBOOK