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The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito

By Shing Yin Khor

Book information

Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Year
2019
ISBN
9781541578623, 2018060700, 2019003990, 9781541578531, 9781541578524, 9781942186373
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
23 MB (24533519 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-28 23:04:49
Ethnic & Regional; Young Adult Nonfiction / ComicsYoung Adult Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography

Description

As a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what "America" meant. The first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people, sunlight, and freeways. The second looked more like The Grapes of Wrath-a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams. This book chronicles Shing's solo journey (small adventure-dog included) along the iconic Route 66, beginning in Santa Monica and ending up Chicago. What begins as a road trip ends up as something more like a pilgrimage in search of an American landscape that seems forever shifting and forever out of place.

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