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Chargement... The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean (2013)par Philip Caputo
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Having traveled the US extensively by car and thumb, I had high hopes for this book. Unfortunately I found it rather long in the tooth and not to my liking. In fact I didn't finish it since it couldn't hold my attention ( ) great topic from a writer with a great reputation but the final result falls short compared to other on the road books. Caputo makes some good contrasts between Parkman's Oregon Trail and Kerouac's On the Road but ultimately his political commentary and condescension toward his subjects is distracting. he even ends on a political note which takes away from the travel aspect. his observations on travel are not original--it's the journey not the destination. William Least Heat Moons Blue Highways is still the classic to read in this genre and one I'd recommend over The Longest Road. I like "road" travel books and this is one of the best. Caputo's writing is fluent and insightful and, crucially the book never descends into a series of "and thens". He introduces a series of memorable characters from across the spectrum that is U S society and weaves their stories into his search for what it is that keeps America together, coming up with a series of ideas that, taken together may provide an answer, I recommend it to all devotees of the travel writing genre. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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