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Old Glory

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Old Glory

By Jonathan Raban

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About the book

`Jonathan Raban is one of the world's greatest living travel writers.' William Dalrymple`The best book of travel ever written by an Englishman about the United States' Jan Morris, IndependentNavigating the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans, Raban opens himself to experience the river in all her turbulent and unpredictable old glory. Going wherever the current takes him, he joins a coon-hunt in Savana, falls for a girl in St Louis, worships with black Baptists in Memphis, hangs ou...Show more

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ISBN

9781780601366

Publisher

Eland Publishing Ltd

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Old Glory

Format

Paperback

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