For summer vacation, the best audiobooks are about long, strange trips. In the longest road, one of americas most respected writers takes an epic journey across america, airstream in tow, and asks everyday americans what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large. In the longest road, one of americas most respected writers takes an epic journey across america, airstream in tow, and asks everyday americans what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse. The longest road hillsborough county public library. It is definitely wilderness survival focused, but any prepper can find useful. The longest road provides a clear picture of the desperate times that families an individuals endured during the dust bowl, but intermingled is the distant prospect of love and better times. New york times bestseller indie next list audiofile best of year selection. The longest road audiobook cd hennepin county library. An evocative and darkly beautiful story of a young womans trek across america in the dust bowl years by a new york timesbestselling master novelist the denver post.
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