The distance from Slaughter County : lessons from flyover country / Steven Moore.
| Author/creator |
Moore, Steven, 1986- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] |
| Description | 160 pages 160 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Where I was from -- The problem of landing -- Central crossings -- True north -- The frontier -- Distance from the question, or notes on being asked about a war -- Of prerogative! -- And grinding cry of disaster or notes on Home improvement -- The last video store essay -- Chelydra serpentina -- Indefatigable zeal. |
| Abstract | "In a country as vast as the United States, place looms large. Steven Moore, a former soldier, writes about place, explicitly rural places, in a way that transcends specificity and speaks to the universal: whether the Midwest, Appalachia, or remote West, what Moore has to say about rural places speaks to anyone who has driven a lonely road at night, with nothing but darkness as a cushion between them and the emptiness that surrounds. Place and how we define it-and how it defines us-is a through line throughout the collection of eleven essays. Moore writes about where we come from and the disconnection we often feel between each other: between veterans and non-veterans, between people of different political beliefs, between regions, between eras"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| LCCN | 2022037860 |
| ISBN | 9781469673950 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1469673959 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E169.1 .M7876 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |