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STORYVILLE USA - Dale Peterson A New Blue Highways or Travels With Charley CLEAN
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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eBay item number:196226032458
Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “VG”
- Type
- Paperback
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Publication Name
- University of Georgia Press
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- ISBN-10
- 0820323039
- Personalized
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780820323039
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820323039
ISBN-13
9780820323039
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1850918
Product Key Features
Book Title
Storyville, USA
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), Topic / Marriage & Family, Essays & Travelogues
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Dale Peterson guides us through an affectionate, wry, nostalgic odyssey across small-town USA. Delight and adventure attend this paean to idiosyncrasy, to all things counter, original, spare, strange, American-style: at once an adult's tribute to his childhood and a father's journey with his children."--Rosanna Warren, Storyville, USA is my favorite kind of book, inventive, fun, and so perfectly American. In it the three engaging characters light out for the territories to discover the town or village's history. Each story is then told in a humorous and yarn-spinning vernacular., "Storyville, USAis my favorite kind of book, inventive, fun, and so perfectly American. In it the three engaging characters light out for the territories to discover the town or village's history. Each story is then told in a humorous and yarn-spinning vernacular."--Jane Vandenburgh, "Only a talented writer with a good sense of humor would come up with an idea like this. Dale Peterson encourages his research team-his children-not only to observe that which is in front of their eyes, but also to think about that which has gone. This book sounds a knell for the passing of so much that was of value in local cultures and local environments. Buy Storyville, USA and you will laugh, you will feel sad, and you will be the wiser. Buy it for your grandchildren so that they will grow up with a better understanding of their American heritage."--Jane Goodall, "Peterson has produced a unique work that is reminiscent of Steinbeck'sTravels with Charleyand Charles Kuralt'sAmerica; do your patrons a favor and offer them this witty, totally charming book."--Library Journal(starred review), "Only a talented writer with a good sense of humor would come up with an idea like this. Dale Peterson encourages his research team-his children-not only to observe that which is in front of their eyes, but also to think about that which has gone. This book sounds a knell for the passing of so much that was of value in local cultures and local environments. BuyStoryville, USAand you will laugh, you will feel sad, and you will be the wiser. Buy it for your grandchildren so that they will grow up with a better understanding of their American heritage."--Jane Goodall, "Peterson has an appreciation for places off the beaten path and an eye for the minutiae of everyday life. . . . A warm father-child travelogue."--Booklist, Dale Peterson guides us through an affectionate, wry, nostalgic odyssey across small-town USA. Delight and adventure attend this paean to idiosyncrasy, to all things counter, original, spare, strange, American-style: at once an adult's tribute to his childhood and a father's journey with his children., "This is a lovely, lively, funny book about being a stranger, a father, and an American. A delight."--Scott Turow, "Peterson has an appreciation for places off the beaten path and an eye for the minutiae of everyday life. . . . A warm father-child travelogue."-- Booklist, "Peterson has produced a unique work that is reminiscent of Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and Charles Kuralt's America ; do your patrons a favor and offer them this witty, totally charming book."-- Library Journal (starred review), " Storyville, USA is my favorite kind of book, inventive, fun, and so perfectly American. In it the three engaging characters light out for the territories to discover the town or village's history. Each story is then told in a humorous and yarn-spinning vernacular."--Jane Vandenburgh, Only a talented writer with a good sense of humor would come up with an idea like this. Dale Peterson encourages his research team-his children-not only to observe that which is in front of their eyes, but also to think about that which has gone. This book sounds a knell for the passing of so much that was of value in local cultures and local environments. Buy Storyville, USA and you will laugh, you will feel sad, and you will be the wiser. Buy it for your grandchildren so that they will grow up with a better understanding of their American heritage.
Dewey Decimal
973
Synopsis
The sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of nearly sixty small towns, as well as the zany stories behind them, guided by an AAA Road Atlas, expert local storytellers, and lots of curiosity. This comic and insightful work is a long, winding trip into the back roads of the country and a longer one into the hinterland of our own hearts., What is a Storyville? Whether you're in Toast, North Carolina, Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky, or Winner, South Dakota, a Storyville is a real town you can find on a map, with a tale behind its quirky name. Covering 20,000 miles of U.S. roads, Dale Peterson drove with his kids, Britt and Bayne, from Start, Louisiana, to Deadhorse, Alaska in search of small-town America in the "garage sale of the open highway." Along the way they explored open spaces, wild places, and country back roads and met people who weren't afraid to talk to one another. Together, they discovered the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of nearly sixty small towns, as well as the zany stories behind them, guided by an AAA Road Atlas, expert local storytellers, and lots of curiosity. They dipped into Caddo Lake and the everglades of Uncertain, Texas, went a little crazy in Loco, Oklahoma, and learned about bee colonies in Climax, New York. Conversations with townsfolk range from the refrigerator at the center of Noodle, Texas, and the hazards of Accident, Maryland, to issues of civil rights, religion, and environmental preservation. Collected here are the landscapes, landmarks, faces, thoughts, and conversations of a sentimental, idiosyncratic, and often hilarious American odyssey. Storyville, USA is a long, winding trip into the back roads of the country and a longer one into the hinterland of our own hearts.
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