Fresh from her successful scoop reporting the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying across the United States, by car, train, ship and aeroplane. In herwords a "period piece", Coast to Coast describes an American identity markedly different from today. In her brilliant p
Coast to Coast: A Journey across 1950s America
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2010
- Category
- Fiction
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