Deep South
four seasons on back roads
by Paul Theroux · first published 2015
100% recommend
"One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Th
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…agents and foot soldiers who were on the ground all the way up to defense secretaries and military leaders, from both sides. An in-depth examination of what went wrong and why we're still stuck there. 5) Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux. The greatest travel writer of the last half-century finally turns his attention homeward: the American Deep South. Four road trips over four seasons. He…
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