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With an array of revealing facts and figures comparing the 50 states in a range of surprising measures (toothlessness, military enlistment, suicide), State by State is more than an anthology: It is a classic American road movie in book form. Featuring original writing on all fifty states.
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- Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey
Sep 16, 2008 · Sew it all together, and you have a portrait of the United States, but it's not one that would be endorsed by any state chamber of commerce. This is an unvarnished, true-to-life, sometimes full of praise, sometimes denigrating, and occasionally disturbing portrait of each of the 50 states—and it's a must-read.
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- Hardcover
- Matt Weiland
Oct 19, 2010 · State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation. Anthony...
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America is a collection of pieces about the United States, with one essay on each of the fifty states. It was conceived of and edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.
- Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland
- 2008
With an array of revealing facts and figures comparing the 50 states in a range of surprising measures (toothlessness, military enlistment, suicide), State by State is more than an anthology: It is...
- Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey
- Harper Collins, 2008
- 0061470902, 9780061470905
Sep 29, 2009 · Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation.
Dagoberto Gilb (“The Flowers”) goes to the Iowa cornfields to report the experiences of Mexican immigrants. Edward P. Jones (“The Known World”) makes a persuasive case for D.C. statehood. Joshua Clark (“Heart Like Water”) goes ghost hunting in New Orleans.
