{"product_id":"the-national-road-tom-zoellner-9781640094932","title":"The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis collection of \"eloquent essays that examine the relationship between the American landscape and the national character\" serves to remind us that despite our differences we all belong to the same land (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"How was it possible, I wondered, that all of this American land--in every direction--could be fastened together into a whole?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean when a nation accustomed to moving begins to settle down, when political discord threatens unity, and when technology disrupts traditional ways of building communities? Is a shared soil enough to reinvigorate a national spirit? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the embaattled newsrooms of small town newspapers to the pornography film sets of the Los Angeles basin, from the check-out lanes of Dollar General to the holy sites of Mormonism, from the nation's highest peaks to the razed remains of a cherished home, like a latter-day Woody Guthrie, Tom Zoellner takes to the highways and byways of a vast land in search of the soul of its people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns nostalgic and probing, incisive and enraged, Zoellner's reflections reveal a nation divided by faith, politics, and shifting economies, but--more importantly--one united by a shared sense of ownership in the common land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Zoellner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640094938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Tom Zoellner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050280382719,"sku":"9781640094932","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb9dacfc-0eb4-474e-be9b-e30ddd6a90ce.jpg?v=1685006300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-national-road-tom-zoellner-9781640094932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}