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    Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes

    By James Conaway

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    A look at how development affects places from national parks to Napa Valley, and “an enthralling, lovely tribute to a lot of what is precious in America” (Tracy Kidder).

    Vanishing America recounts the author’s journeys between Washington, D.C., and Big Sur, California, as he tries to understand what has become of the places, people, and traditions that were once so cherished but have now been irreparably changed.

    Incorporating the voices of cowboys, real estate agents, activists, and many others, he raises vital questions about the merits of sprawling development and the ever-increasing use of resources in the name of progress. He urges us to consider the value of preservation in our growth-driven culture—and the ramifications of prosperity on the places important to our national identity.

    A mixture of travelogue and essay collection, this enlightening book “deserv[es] a place alongside Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley and William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways” (Kirkus Reviews).

    “Thoughtful, compelling . . . it’s a story that Conaway tells well, with considerable passion but also with due objectivity.” —The Washington Post
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateOct 10, 2008
    ISBN9781619022027
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    Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes
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    James Conaway

    James Conaway is a former Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford University, and the author of thirteen books, including Napa at Last Light and the New York Times bestseller, Napa: The Story of an American Eden. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Harper's, The New Republic, Gourmet, Smithsonian, and National Geographic Traveler. He divides his time between Washington, DC, and California.

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      James Conaway writes well, and he's certainly traveled around a lot. But I only made it about a third of the way through this collection of location-based essays and reflections. It's so, so similar to a dozen -- nay, a hundred -- other books and essays and articles and podcasts and sermons and speeches and conversations over fair-trade coffee or undistinguished but hey, still totally drinkable locally-sourced wine: the real America is vanishing because big bad businesses and greedy Americans are using it all up, and if only we would just listen to this gentle yet prophetic wisdom from someone who really see through what is going on . . . .Not recommended.