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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 20 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Narrated by the author. |
| Summary |
Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage. A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, anti-war veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend's body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest. Traversing the country, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country's political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social psychology -- United States.
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Social ecology -- United States.
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Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Swanson, Barrett.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781705035153 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705035159 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14248707 |
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