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 Journey Across 1950's AmericaA reprint of Jan Morris's very first book, "Coast to Coast" recounts the year she spent in 1953 travelling by car, train, ship and aircraft across the United States. "I did not know it then, and nor did America, but chance had brought me across the Atlantic at the very apex of American happiness," says Morris, in her new introduction. In her brilliant prose, Morris records with exuberance and curiosity a time of innocence in the U.S.--when television was in its infancy, the Big Mac had not yet been invented, and the popular song of the day was "Chatanooga Choo-Choo." "The spirited writing, permeated with a sense of excitement and discovery, makes it a delight to read. The prose sparkles, and everything the author tells glitters and coruscates."
--San Francisco Chronicle  (4/02)
TT1791 Coast to Coast $16.95
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