Slow Road to San Francisco: Across the USA from Ocean to Ocean

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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From Ocean City, Maryland to San Francisco, Reynolds traverses the back roads and small towns of the USA, taking the pulse of Trumps America as he goes. With remarkablecandour and insight, not to mention a humorous and sometimes sceptical eye, he observes the States today. As he moseys from east to west, driving slowly, stopping frequently, he meets Trump's countrymen and women - white, black, Hispanic, Asian, native American; Christian, Muslim, atheist, Mormon, Mennonite; rich, middling, poor. They talk about everything from slavery and Indian reservations to Butch Cassidy, and Marilyn Monroe. Everyone has something to say about Donald Trump, whether they love him or hate him. Reynolds follows the direction of history, the direction taken by explorers and pioneer settlers. As he travels he conjures a vivid picture of the US then and now; its landscape and its people in all their diversity.

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'A writer of calm, quiet brilliance' Daily Express. 'Reynolds is the perfect man for the route' Observer. 'America's vitality and variety have seldom been more vividly captured; Mick Brown. 'Bloody gorgeous and so needed right now' Stella Duffy. 'Hugely enjoyable travelogue'. David Allen Country Music People. 'What a joy of a book'. Lucinda Lampton The Oldie

Author Bio

David Reynolds was one of the founders of Bloomsbury Publishing where he was Deputy MD for 20 years.