Our towns a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America
(Large Print)
Author
Contributors
Fallows, Deborah, author.
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2018.
Edition
Large Print
Physical Desc
687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Ruby Sisson Library - LARGE PRINT | LP 302.12 FAL, J | Checked Out | May 8, 2024 |
West Custer County Library District - LARGE PRINT | LP 303.3 FALLOWS | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Fallows, Deborah -- Travel -- United States.
Fallows, James M. -- Travel -- United States.
Large print type books.
Large type books.
Public opinion -- United States.
Social surveys -- United States.
United State -- Social conditions -- Public opinon.
United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinion.
Fallows, James M. -- Travel -- United States.
Large print type books.
Large type books.
Public opinion -- United States.
Social surveys -- United States.
United State -- Social conditions -- Public opinon.
United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinion.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2018.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large Print
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2018]
Description
A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, they have met hundreds of civic leaders, workers, immigrants, educators, environmentalists, artists, public servants, librarians, business people, city planners, students, and entrepreneurs to take the pulse and understand the prospects of places that usually draw notice only after a disaster or during a political campaign.The America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems--from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge--but itis also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey--and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fallows, J. M., & Fallows, D. (2018). Our towns: a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America (Large Print). Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fallows, James M and Deborah, Fallows. 2018. Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey Into the Heart of America. Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fallows, James M and Deborah, Fallows. Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey Into the Heart of America Thorndike Press Large Print, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fallows, James M., and Deborah Fallows. Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey Into the Heart of America Large Print, Thorndike Press Large Print, 2018.
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