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Barnstorming Ohio (To Understand America)
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Product Details
Author:
David Giffels
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
272
Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing (August 25, 2020)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780306846397
ISBN-10:
030684639X
Case Pack:
20
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hbgusa
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$28.00
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Discount Code:
A
Weight:
16.16oz
Dimensions:
6.3" x 9.35" x 1.3"
Audience:
General/trade
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
Grand Central Publishing
Country of Origin:
United States
Overview
In the tradition of J.D. Vance, Sarah Smarsh, and Amy Goldstein, BARNSTORMING OHIO is an on-the-ground look at the diverse challenges facing Ohio, in light of its national significance as the state that has historically sided with the presidential election winner more than any other -- from award-winning lifelong Ohioan author and essayist David Giffels, dubbed by the New York Times as "the Bard of Akron."
The question of America's identity has rarely been more urgent than now, and no American place has ever been more reliable in its illumination of that identity than Ohio. David Giffels, a lifelong resident of the "bellwether" state, has spent a quarter century writing and thinking about what it means to live in what he calls "an all-American buffet, an uncannily complete everyplace." With Cleveland as the end of the North, Cincinnati as the beginning of the South, Youngstown as the end of the East, and Hicksville (yes, Hicksville) as the beginning of the Midwest, Ohio offers important insight into the state of the nation.
As a historic 2020 presidential election approaches, BARNSTORMING OHIO is Giffels' account of a year on Ohio's roads, visiting people and places that offer valuable reflections of the national questions and concerns, as well as astounding electoral clairvoyance -- since 1896, Ohio has accurately chosen the winner in 29 of 31 presidential elections, more than any other state.
With lyricism and a native's keen eye, BARNSTORMING OHIO takes readers into the living room of a man whose life was upended just shy of retirement by General Motors' shutdown of its Lordstown assembly plant. It offers an exclusive view into the presidential campaign of Ohio Democratic hopeful Tim Ryan. It takes us into the sodden soybean fields of farmers struggling to outlast the dual punch of a protracted trade war and historic rainfall, and to an indie-rock music festival in Dayton a week after a mass shooting there. We enter an otherworld of long-dormant shopping malls as Amazon transforms them into vast new fulfillment centers. On the lighter side, Giffels makes a "beer run" into Ohio's booming craft brewing industry, and revisits the legend (and the bird-nest toupee) of Jim Traficant, a bigger-than-life Ohio politician whom many have called the "proto-Trump."
In a year when Americans are seeking answers, BARNSTORMING OHIO offers rare and carefully nuanced access to the people who have always held them.
As a historic 2020 presidential election approaches, BARNSTORMING OHIO is Giffels' account of a year on Ohio's roads, visiting people and places that offer valuable reflections of the national questions and concerns, as well as astounding electoral clairvoyance -- since 1896, Ohio has accurately chosen the winner in 29 of 31 presidential elections, more than any other state.
With lyricism and a native's keen eye, BARNSTORMING OHIO takes readers into the living room of a man whose life was upended just shy of retirement by General Motors' shutdown of its Lordstown assembly plant. It offers an exclusive view into the presidential campaign of Ohio Democratic hopeful Tim Ryan. It takes us into the sodden soybean fields of farmers struggling to outlast the dual punch of a protracted trade war and historic rainfall, and to an indie-rock music festival in Dayton a week after a mass shooting there. We enter an otherworld of long-dormant shopping malls as Amazon transforms them into vast new fulfillment centers. On the lighter side, Giffels makes a "beer run" into Ohio's booming craft brewing industry, and revisits the legend (and the bird-nest toupee) of Jim Traficant, a bigger-than-life Ohio politician whom many have called the "proto-Trump."
In a year when Americans are seeking answers, BARNSTORMING OHIO offers rare and carefully nuanced access to the people who have always held them.
