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The man who walked backward : an American dreamer's search for meaning in the Great Depression / Ben Montgomery.

Montgomery, Ben., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780316438063
ISBN: 0316438065
Physical Description: viii, 291 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Those golden days -- Doing something -- Dirt devils and details -- Postcards and publicity -- Where the grass grew the thickest -- Round, spinning -- Rubble and race -- Standoff at the Red River -- Just human, same as you -- The intent is sublime -- American dream -- Bone dry forever -- Don't stop -- An ounce of attention -- Are you crazy? -- Mopery in the second degree -- Choices and consequences -- Persevering pedalist -- Bamboozled -- Reverse in wedded state -- Vengeance -- Powder keg -- Hinterlands -- A year on foot -- Murder jail -- Going back, forward, uptight -- Lone star -- Epilogue.