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11 de oct. de 2008 · STATE BY STATE. A Panoramic Portrait of America. Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey. Illustrated. 572 pp. Ecco/ HarperCollins Publishers. $29.95.
From the bestselling editors of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup comes an American road trip in book form: original writing on all 50 states by 50 of our finest novelists, journalists, and essayistsInspired by the example of the legendary WPA American Guide series of the 1930s and '40s, now 50 of our foremost writers have produced original pieces of reportage and memoir that capture ...
16 de sept. de 2008 · There is some good writing in Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey's collection of essays about the 50 states, "State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America" but much of it is written from a penthouse view from Park Avenue. The book itself is a good idea. In the thirties the WPA made a series of guidebooks, one about each of the states.
29 de sept. de 2009 · Read an Excerpt. State by State A Panoramic Portrait of America . Chapter One. Alabama. Capital Montgomery Entered Union 1819 (22nd) Origin of name Possibly from a Choctaw Indian word meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers" Nickname Yellowhammer State Motto Audemus jura nostra defendere ("We dare defend our rights") Residents Alabamian or Alabaman
The state department could do a lot worse than issue every embassy with a box or two of State to State. --David Goldblatt, The Independent, Dec 08<br /><br />It was a good idea of the editors of this volume to embark on a systematic treatment of America at a moment when we are asked to think of the country again as a collection of harmonious but very different voices.
12 de dic. de 2008 · Its greatest legacy was the 500-page-a-volume, 50 volumes, state by state, WPA guide to America. ... State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.
19 de oct. de 2010 · "State by State, a Panoramic Portrait of America," edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey - Surely this is no great book but it has a fascination. Fifty contemporary writers piece together essays on each of the 50 states. The concept is attention-catching.
