In April 2005, Matthew Stevenson author of the acclaimed Letters of Transit and Mentioned in Dispatches , both collections of travel essays flew from his adopted home in Switzerland to his native United states and set out on a cross-country journey by car. Written in the accessible style of a long letter home, this book combines the narratives if travel, memoir, sports and history, which blend together in Stevenson s wry sense of observation.

An April Across America

History

Matthew Stevenson

Americas

Odysseus Books

From his European home, prize-winning travel writer Matthew Stevenson sets out across the United States by train, rental car, plane, and bike, to reconnect with such celebrated places at the South Dakota Badlands, post-Katrina New Orleans, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Civil War Virginia, and gentrified New York City. Along the way he writes about former President Bill Clinton, Senator George McGovern, private rail cars, Amish Lancaster, and Mount Rushmore. The book is delightful tapestry of American places and history.

Whistle Stopping America

Travel

Travel Writing

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