Old glory : an American voyage
Raban, Jonathan2018
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Navigating the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans, Raban opens himself to experience the river in all her turbulent and unpredictable old glory. Going wherever the current takes him, he joins a coon-hunt in Savana, falls for a girl in St Louis, worships with black Baptists in Memphis, hangs out with the housewives of Pemiscot and the hog-king of Dubuque. Through tears of laughter, we are led into the heartland of America - with its hunger and hospitality, its inventive energy and its charming lethargy - and come to know something of its soul.
Main title:
Old glory : an American voyage / Jonathan Raban.
Author:
Raban, Jonathan, author
Imprint:
London : Eland, 2018.
Collation:
418 pages : maps (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: William Collins, 1981.
ISBN:
9781780601366 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1203252
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