Publication

2000 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

73,750 words, Guess

Page Count

295 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing1030532

Classifications

  • DDC325.73
  • LCCJV6450 .J37 2000

Description

In this work, the author discovers that the American character is full of paradoxes. He states that this elusive national character can be found in Americans' faith in moving. He portrays this character through the lives of America's famous and not-so-famous nomads, and facts and statistics.

First Sentence

In the most widely read of American novels, Huckleberry Finn and an escaped slave named Jim float hundreds of miles down the Mississippi River, eluding suspicious and unsavory characters along the way.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Restless nation: starting over in AmericaUniversity of Chicago Press2000-01-01

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