In the land of good living : a journey to the heart of Florida
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
917.59 RUSS
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Street Date
2007.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Description
"In the summer of 2016, Kent Russell--broke, at loose ends, hungry for adventure--set off to walk across Florida. Mythic, superficial, soaked in contradictions, maligned by cultural elites, segregated from the south, and literally vanishing into the sea,Florida (or, as he calls it: "American Concentrate") seemed to Russell to embody America's divided soul. The journey with two friends intent on filming the ensuing mayhem, quickly reduces the trio to filthy, drifters pushing a shopping cart of camera equipment. They get waylaid by a concerned citizen bearing a rifle; buy cocaine from an ex-wrestler; visit a spiritual medium; attend a cuckold party. The narrative overflows with historical detail about how modern Florida came into being after World War II;and how it came to be a petri-dish for life in a suddenly, increasingly, diverse new land of minority-majority cities and of unrivaled ethnic and religious variety. Russell has taken it all in with his incomparably focused lens, and delivered a book thatis both an inspired travelogue and a profound rumination on the nation's soul--and his own. It is a book that is wildly vivid, encyclopedic, erudite, and ferociously irreverent--a deeply ambivalent love letter to his sprawling, brazenly varied home state"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Russell, K. (2020). In the land of good living: a journey to the heart of Florida (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Russell, Kent. 2020. In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Russell, Kent. In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Russell, Kent. In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
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