{"product_id":"old-glory-isbn-9780375701009","title":"Old Glory","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e realizes a lifelong dream as he navigates the waters of the Mississippi River in a sixteen-foot motorboat, producing yet another masterpiece of contemporary American travel writing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the course of his voyage, Raban records the mercurial caprices of the river and the astonishingly varied lives of the people who live along its banks.  Whether he is fishing for walleye or hunting coon, discussing theology in Prairie Du Chien or race relations in Memphis, he is an expert observer of the heartyland's estrangement from America's capitals ot power and culture, and its helpless nostalgia for its lost past.  Witty, elegaic, and magnificently erudite, \u003ci\u003eOld Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is as filled with strong currents as the Mississippi itself.\"Stunning...more successful than 99 percent of the books about America since de Tocqueville.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He can skewer life in an anecdote and evoke a river scene in a few brushstrokes.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Wonderful…Mr. Raban…is excellent company. He is a popcorn-popper of opinions, and they are unpredictable.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Throughout his epic journey he struggles to reconcile the real, treacherous, protean river with the shimmering dream-waters of his boyhood. This is what gives his book its remarkable power, elevating it close to the level of myth.\" —\u003ci\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSurveillance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWaxwings;\u003c\/i\u003e his nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003ePassage to Juneau, Bad Land, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Driving Home\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN\/West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, and the Governor’s Award of the State of Washington. He died in 2023.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304131809509,"sku":"NP9780375701009","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/old-glory-isbn-9780375701009","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}