Slow Road to San Francisco by David Reynolds

Slow Road to San Francisco by David Reynolds

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'David Reynolds is the perfect man for the road'. The Observer Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent meets Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. A candid, humorous and perceptive eye on the US as it heads into election year. From Ocean City, Maryland to San Francisco, Reynolds traverses the US and observes Trump's America, and the Americans' way of

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Slow Road to San Francisco by David Reynolds

As he moseys from east to west, driving slowly, stopping frequently he meets a huge variety of Americans - white, black, Hispanic, Asian, native American; Christian, Muslim, atheist, Mormon, Mennonite; rich, middling, poor. They talk about everything from slavery, Indian reservations, fracking and forest fires to baseball, beer, the blues, Butch Cassidy, and Marilyn Monroe. Everyone has something to say about Donald Trump, from those who `love him' to those who `hate him. 'Reynolds follows the direction of history, the direction taken by explorers and pioneer settlers. As he travels he conjures a vivid picture of the US then and now; its landscape and its people in all their diversity
David Reynolds was one of the original founders of Bloomsbury Publishing where he was Deputy MD and Editorial Director. He is the author of Swan River (shortlisted for the Pen/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography) and Slow Road to Brownsville published to great reviews
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ISBN 13 9781916129207
ISBN 10 191612920X
Title Slow Road to San Francisco
Author David Reynolds
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Muswell Press
Year published 2020-04-02
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.