{"product_id":"our-towns-a-100-000-mile-journey-into-the-heart-of-america-paperback","title":"Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Fallows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Fallows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e - The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO Max\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems--from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge--but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. \u003ci\u003eOur Towns\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of their journey--and an account of a country busy remaking itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES FALLOWS\u003c\/b\u003e has been a national correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003efor more than thirty-five years, reporting from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, and across the United States. He is the author of eleven previous books. His work has also appeared in many other magazines and as public-radio commentaries since the 1980s. He has won a National Book Award and a National Magazine Award. For two years he was President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEBORAH FALLOWS\u003c\/b\u003e is a linguist and writer who holds a PhD in theoretical linguistics and is the author of two previous books. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e and has worked at the Pew Research Center, Oxygen Media, and Georgetown University. She and her husband have two sons and five grandchildren.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756557205792,"sku":"9780525432449","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a8ce24b28142c66463d6d6024b6581ee.webp?v=1780080949","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/our-towns-a-100-000-mile-journey-into-the-heart-of-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}