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This Land

America, Lost and Found
By Dan Barry
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This Land by Dan Barry is a captivating collection of essays that explores the heart of America through the lives and stories of its diverse residents. With a focus on empathy and attention to detail, Barry captures the essence of everyday people and places, offering a poignant and rich tapestry of American life and history. The book illustrates the country's multifaceted nature, revealing insights into its culture and spirit.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in the untold stories of America, woven together through compelling narratives that capture both the challenges and triumphs of everyday people. It offers a profound exploration of communities across the country, beautifully illustrating the human spirit against a backdrop of historical and contemporary events.

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A landmark collection of nearly 100 essays by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from 10 years of his popular column entitled "This Land," that presents a rarely-seen and profoundly powerful portrait of America, made up of shimmering snapshots of everyday people and places.

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A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive This Land columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated only by cable-news pundits, but the America defined and redefined by those who clean the hotel rooms, tend the beet fields, endure disasters both natural and manmade. As the name of the president changed from Bush to Obama to Trump, Barry was crisscrossing the country, filing deeply moving stories from the tiniest dot on the American map to the city that calls itself the Capital of the World.

Complemented by the select images of award-winning Times photographers, these narrative and visual snapshots of American life create a majestic tapestry of our shared experience, capturing how our nation is at once flawed and exceptional, paralyzed and ascendant, as cruel and violent as it can be gentle and benevolent.

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This Land by Dan Barry is highly praised for capturing the complexity and resilience of American characters through his observant storytelling. Reviews highlight Barry's ability to find beauty in both tragic and overlooked aspects of American life, drawing comparisons to Steinbeck for his compassionate portrayal. The collection is celebrated for its keen reportage on American experiences, offering a moving and nuanced portrait of the United States over a decade.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316415514

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 October 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

Illustration: 100 Full-color photographs throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 89.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 1180g

Pages: 400

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American & Canadian History Biography & Memoir Dan Barry History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dan Barry is a journalist and author of THE BOYS IN THE BUNKHOUSE and BOTTOM OF THE 33RD. Among his many journalistic honors are a share of a Pulitzer Prize: a George Polk Award; an American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for deadline reporting (for coverage of the first anniversary of 9/11); a Mike Berger Award for in-depth human interest reporting; and the PEN/ESPN Literary Award for Sports Writing. He lives with his family in Maplewood, N.J.

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