Ripon Public Library

Our towns, a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America, James Fallows, Deborah Fallows

eng

contains biographical information

mapsportraits

no index present

non fiction

Our towns

1044768912

James Fallows, Deborah Fallows

Thorndike Press large print lifestyles

a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America

"For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, they have met hundreds of civic leaders, workers, immigrants, educators, environmentalists, artists, public servants, librarians, business people, city planners, students, and entrepreneurs to take the pulse and understand the prospects of places that usually draw notice only after a disaster or during a political campaign. Our Towns is the story of their journey--and an account of a country busy remaking itself."--Back cover

Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- Rapic City, South Dakota -- Holland, Michigan -- Burlington, Vermont -- Eastport, Maine -- Greenville, South Carolina -- St. Marys, Georgia -- Columbus, Mississippi -- Caddo Lake, Louisiana-Texas -- In the air -- Columbus, Ohio -- Louisville, Kentucky -- Allentown, Pennsylvania -- In the air -- Duluth, Minnesota -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Charleston, West Virginia -- In the air -- Guymon, Oklahoma -- Ajo, Arizona -- San Bernardino, California -- Riverside, California -- Redlands, California -- Fresno, California -- Winters, California -- Bend, Oregon -- Redmond and Prineville, Oregon -- Chester, Montana -- The American Prairie Reserve, Montana -- Dodge City, Kansas -- Garden City and Spearville, Kansas -- Erie, Pennsylvania -- What we saw and what we learned -- 10 1/2 signs of civic success