Deep south : four seasons on back roads
(Large Print)
Author
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
ISBN
9781410484772 (large print : hbk.), 1410484777 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
769 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Newton - Large Print | LARGE PRINT 917.5 T34D 2015 | On Shelf |
Norwood - Large Print | LARGE TYPE FICTION Theroux | On Shelf |
Weston - Large Print | LARGE PRINT TRAVEL THE | On Shelf |
Woburn - Large Print | LP 975 Theroux D | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Format
Large Print
Street Date
1512
Language
English
ISBN
9781410484772 (large print : hbk.), 1410484777 (hardcover)
Notes
Description
"One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Theroux's keen traveler's eye. On road trips spanning four seasons, wending along rural highways, Theroux visits gun shows and small-town churches, laborers in Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi where they still call the farm up the road 'the plantation.' He talks to mayors and social workers, writers and reverends, the working poor and farming families--the unsung heroes of the south, the people who, despite it all, never left, and also those who returned home to rebuild a place they could never live without. From the writer whose 'great mission has always been to transport us beyond that reading chair, to challenge himself--and thus, to challenge us' (Boston Globe), Deep South is an ode to a region, vivid and haunting, full of life and loss alike"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Theroux, P. (2015). Deep south: four seasons on back roads . Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Theroux, Paul. 2015. Deep South: Four Seasons On Back Roads. Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Theroux, Paul. Deep South: Four Seasons On Back Roads Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Theroux, Paul. Deep South: Four Seasons On Back Roads Thorndike Press : a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
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