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Summary:

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.-- From publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: 2017: A last trip west
• 2013. Sioux Falls, South Dakota ; Rapid City, South Dakota ; Holland, Michigan ; Burlington, Vermont ; Eastport, Maine
• 2014. Greenville, South Carolina ; St Marys, Georgia ; Columbus, Mississippi ; Caddo Lake, Louisiana-Texas ; In the air ; Columbus, Ohio ; Louisville, Kentucky ; Allentown, Pennsylvania ; In the air ; Duluth, Minnesota ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Charleston, West Virginia
• 2015. In the air ; Guymon, Oklahoma ; Ajo, Arizona ; San Bernardina, California ; Riverside, California ; Redlands, California ; Fresno, California ; Winters, California ; Bend, Oregon ; Redmond and Prineville, Oregon ; Chester, Montana ; The American Prairie Reserve, Montana
• 2016. Dodge City, Kansas ; Garden City and Spearville, Kansas ; Erie, Pennsylvania
• What we saw and what we learned
• 10 1/2 signs of civic success.

Author/Creator:

Fallows, James M. , author

Contributors:

Fallows, Deborah , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Our towns: a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America [by Fallows, J.M.]

Subjects:

Public opinion — United States

Social surveys — United States

United States — Social conditions — Public opinion

United States — Politics and government — Public opinion

Fallows, James M. — Travel — United States

Fallows, Deborah — Travel — United States

Fallows, James M.

Social surveys

Social conditions

Politics and government — Public opinion

Public opinion

Travel

United States

Genres:

Travel writing

General Notes:

"With a new afterword"--Back cover.

Physical Description:

xii, 417 pages : map ; 21 cm

Call Numbers:

HN90.P8 F35 2019

ISBNs:

0525432442 (paperback)
9780525432449 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

1046072600