Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide
Item details
- ISBN: 9781101980286
- ISBN: 1101980281
- ISBN: 9781101980293
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Physical Description:
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476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-462) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | American nomad -- Yeoman Olmsted: "An enthusiast by nature" -- Over the Alleghenies: gateway to the Rust Belt -- Ohio River: mutants making tow -- Kentucky: "A balance sheet of good against evil" -- To Tennessee and back: a thorough aristocrat -- Mississippi River: Steamboat blues -- Lower Mississippi: the absolute South -- New Orleans: the gumbo city -- Into the bayou: "Dat's how we roll" -- Central Louisiana: the unreconstructed South -- The Red River; heart of mudness -- Across the Sabine: "Gwine to Texas" -- Gulf Coast: oil and water -- Crockett, Texas: "The drift of things" in ruby-red America -- Austin and beyond: the Loon Star Republic -- San Antonio: high holy days at the Alamo -- German Texas: Olmsted in Arcadia -- The Hill Country: true to the Union -- Upper Guadalupe: and Absalom rode upon a mule -- To the Rio Grande: border disorder -- La Frontera: days of the dead -- Central Park ramble. |
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Genre: | Voyages and travels. Travel writing. Travel literature. |
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Flint River Regional Library System: Peachtree City Library |
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