The Resource Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
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- Summary
- "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders. More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the saddle--through Appalachia, down the Ohio and Mississippi, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and across Texas to the Rio Grande, discovering and reporting on vestiges of what Olmsted called the Cotton Kingdom"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 476 pages
- Contents
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- American nomad
- Yeoman Olmsted: "An enthusiast by nature"
- Over the Alleghenies: gateway to the Rust Belt
- Ohio River: mutants making tow
- Kentucky: "A balance sheet of good against evil"
- To Tennessee and back: a thorough aristocrat
- Mississippi River: Steamboat blues
- Lower Mississippi: the absolute South
- New Orleans: the gumbo city
- Into the bayou: "Dat's how we roll"
- Central Louisiana: the unreconstructed South
- The Red River; heard of mudness
- Across the Sabine: "Gwine to Texas"
- Gulf Coast: oil and water
- Crockett, Texas: "The drift of things" in ruby-red America
- Austin and beyond: the Loon Star Republic
- San Antonio: high holy days at the Alamo
- German Texas: Olmsted in Arcadia
- The Hill Country: true to the Union
- Upper Guadalupe: and Absalom rode upon a mule
- To the Rio Grande: border disorder
- La Frontera: days of the dead
- Central Park ramble
- Isbn
- 9781101980286
- Label
- Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide
- Title
- Spying on the South
- Title remainder
- an odyssey across the American divide
- Statement of responsibility
- Tony Horwitz
- Subject
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- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- Horwitz, Tony, 1958-
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Description and travel
- TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 -- Travel -- Southern States
- Travel writing
- Travel
- Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019 -- Travel -- Southern States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders. More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the saddle--through Appalachia, down the Ohio and Mississippi, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and across Texas to the Rio Grande, discovering and reporting on vestiges of what Olmsted called the Cotton Kingdom"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horwitz, Tony
- Dewey number
- 917.504
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F213
- LC item number
- .H768 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Horwitz, Tony
- Horwitz, Tony
- Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Southern States
- Travel
- Southern States
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-462) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- American nomad -- Yeoman Olmsted: "An enthusiast by nature" -- Over the Alleghenies: gateway to the Rust Belt -- Ohio River: mutants making tow -- Kentucky: "A balance sheet of good against evil" -- To Tennessee and back: a thorough aristocrat -- Mississippi River: Steamboat blues -- Lower Mississippi: the absolute South -- New Orleans: the gumbo city -- Into the bayou: "Dat's how we roll" -- Central Louisiana: the unreconstructed South -- The Red River; heard of mudness -- Across the Sabine: "Gwine to Texas" -- Gulf Coast: oil and water -- Crockett, Texas: "The drift of things" in ruby-red America -- Austin and beyond: the Loon Star Republic -- San Antonio: high holy days at the Alamo -- German Texas: Olmsted in Arcadia -- The Hill Country: true to the Union -- Upper Guadalupe: and Absalom rode upon a mule -- To the Rio Grande: border disorder -- La Frontera: days of the dead -- Central Park ramble
- Control code
- on1079399605
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 476 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101980286
- Lccn
- 2018056912
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1079399605
- Label
- Spying on the South : an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-462) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- American nomad -- Yeoman Olmsted: "An enthusiast by nature" -- Over the Alleghenies: gateway to the Rust Belt -- Ohio River: mutants making tow -- Kentucky: "A balance sheet of good against evil" -- To Tennessee and back: a thorough aristocrat -- Mississippi River: Steamboat blues -- Lower Mississippi: the absolute South -- New Orleans: the gumbo city -- Into the bayou: "Dat's how we roll" -- Central Louisiana: the unreconstructed South -- The Red River; heard of mudness -- Across the Sabine: "Gwine to Texas" -- Gulf Coast: oil and water -- Crockett, Texas: "The drift of things" in ruby-red America -- Austin and beyond: the Loon Star Republic -- San Antonio: high holy days at the Alamo -- German Texas: Olmsted in Arcadia -- The Hill Country: true to the Union -- Upper Guadalupe: and Absalom rode upon a mule -- To the Rio Grande: border disorder -- La Frontera: days of the dead -- Central Park ramble
- Control code
- on1079399605
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 476 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101980286
- Lccn
- 2018056912
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1079399605
Subject
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Horwitz, Tony, 1958-
- Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019 -- Travel -- Southern States
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 -- Travel -- Southern States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Description and travel
- TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
- Travel
- Travel writing
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