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Author Quinn, Colin, 1959- author.

Title OVERSTATED : A COAST-TO-COAST ROAST OF THE 50 STATES / Colin Quinn.

Publication Info. Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2021].
©2020
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2056607~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Large Type Nonfiction  818.602 QUI    DUE 05-05-24
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Description 331 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Physical Medium large print. rda
Contents Introduction -- New England -- Mid-Atlantic -- The South -- The Midwest -- The Southwest -- The West -- The Pacific Coast -- The country's foster children -- The American Rome -- Inventory or autopsy.
Summary "The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together? Quinn ... calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government- after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today?- to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It's ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the United States into being." -- Provided by publisher
Subject Americans -- Attitudes -- 21st century -- Humor.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Humor.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Humor.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Humor.
United States -- History -- Humor.
Genre Large type books.
Added Title Coast-to-coast roast of the fifty states
ISBN 9781432884567 (hardcover large print)
1432884565 (hardcover large print)
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