Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Tony Horwitz The Title is Spying on the South : An Odyssey Across the American Divide Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 512. Category - History Product Description - The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz. A With Spying on the South, the best-selling author ofA Confederates in the AtticA returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-comingA New York Times. For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman," the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. His vivid dispatches about the lives and beliefs of Southerners were revelatory for readers of his day, and Yeoman's remarkable trek also reshaped the American landscape, as Olmsted sought to reform his own society by creating democratic spaces for the uplift of all. The result: Central Park and Olmsted's career as America's first and foremost landscape architect. Tony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country? In search of answers, and his own adventures, Horwitz follows Olmsted's tracks and often his mode of transport (including muleback): through Appalachia, down the Mississippi River, into bayou Louisiana, and across Texas to the contested Mexican borderland. Venturing far off beaten paths, Horwitz uncovers bracing vestiges and strange new mutations of the Cotton Kingdom. Horwitz's intrepid and often hilarious journey through an outsized American landscape is a masterpiece in the tradition of Great Plains, Bad Land, and the author's own classic, Confederates in the Attic. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift Ideas This is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of Service We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167444733
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Fiction/Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction
Genre/Subject: History
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Length: 140
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Title: Spying on the South An Odyssey Across the American Divide
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Book Title: Spying on the South : an Odyssey Across the American Divide
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Slavery, United States / South / General, Landscape, United States / 19th Century
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Architecture, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Tony Horwitz
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
