{"product_id":"inside-u-s-a-paperback","title":"Inside U.S.A. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Gunther\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Gunther's classic portrait of America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gunther's \u003cem\u003eInside\u003c\/em\u003e series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For \u003cem\u003eInside U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e, his magnum opus, Gunther set out from California and visited every state in the country, offering frank, lucid, and humorous observations along the way in what legendary publisher Robert Gottlieb, writing in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, calls Gunther's \"fluent, personal, casual, snappy\" voice. Gunther's insights on race, labor, the impact of massive New Deal public works projects, rural life, urbanization, and much more yield fascinating insight into life in a postwar America that had vaulted into the status of the world's preeminent superpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cp\u003eThis seventy-fifth-anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eInside U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e provides an invaluable picture of America as it was and is both a delight to read and filled with insights that remain deeply relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Inside U.S.A., John Gunther set out from California and traveled the entire country. His frank, lucid observations along the way - on race relations, labor, the Tennessee Valley Authority, farm life, the politics of the big cities, and much else - yield fascinating insight into life fifty years ago. Now, on the brink of the millennium, this fiftieth anniversary edition of Inside U.S.A. provides an invaluable picture of America as it was then, both for those old enough to remember it and for young people who may be astonished to see the ways the country has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gunther (1901-1970) was an American journalist and the author of many books, including the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eInside Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInside Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInside Europe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInside U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDeath Be Not Proud\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426871886002,"sku":"9781565843585","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/920fbba371dd6fc5fc8a664f7beaefe3.webp?v=1778519243","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/inside-u-s-a-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}