{"product_id":"spying-on-the-south-an-odyssey-across-the-american-divide-paperback","title":"Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eSpying on the South\u003c\/i\u003e, the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the Connecticut Yankee, pen name \"Yeoman,\" the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. His vivid dispatches about the lives and beliefs of Southerners were revelatory for readers of his day, and Yeoman's remarkable trek also reshaped the American landscape, as Olmsted sought to reform his own society by creating democratic spaces for the uplift of all. The result: Central Park and Olmsted's career as America's first and foremost landscape architect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country? In search of answers, and his own adventures, Horwitz follows Olmsted's tracks and often his mode of transport (including muleback): through Appalachia, down the Mississippi River, into bayou Louisiana, and across Texas to the contested Mexican borderland. Venturing far off beaten paths, Horwitz uncovers bracing vestiges and strange new mutations of the Cotton Kingdom. Horwitz's intrepid and often hilarious journey through an outsized American landscape is a masterpiece in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author's own classic, \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e was a native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. As a newspaper reporter he spent a decade overseas, mainly covering wars and conflict in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Returning to the U.S., he won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e before becoming a full-time author. His books include the national and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers, \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Latitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaghdad Without a Map\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Voyage Long and Strange\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising\u003c\/i\u003e was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book in 2011 and one of the year's ten best books by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Tony was also a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the president of the Society of American Historians. He died in May 2019, and is survived by his wife Geraldine Brooks and their two sons, Nathaniel and Bizu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978449027373,"sku":"9781101980309","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZG1IQmNNc2JPS25LbzRPNStzQWtYUT09.webp?v=1775805222","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/spying-on-the-south-an-odyssey-across-the-american-divide-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}