{"product_id":"an-american-journey-paperback-1","title":"An American Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthel Mannin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Pocock\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1965, British novelist Ethel Mannin decided to see America \"the hard way\"-traveling by bus from New York to California and back. What she records in \u003cem\u003eAn American Journey\u003c\/em\u003e is all too reminiscent of today's America: racial discrimination, economic inequality, environmental exploitation, and treatment of native Americans. Her outsider's perspective provides an eye-opening view on both America's recent past and continuing challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting out in New York City, Mannin crosses the U.S., noting its eyesores and disgraces along with its grandeurs and glories. Long an advocate of outsiders and the oppressed, she observes the desperate poverty on Indian reservations and the hopelessness of the young and unemployed in Watts. She sees the reluctance of America's most privileged people to open the same opportunities to its least privileged. And yet, everywhere she encounters an irrepressible sense of optimism and faith in the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Joanna Pocock, who recounted similar journeys across America by bus in her book \u003cem\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/em\u003e, writes, \"There are two journeys at the heart of this book: an inner and an outward one,\" placing \u003cem\u003eAn American Journey\u003c\/em\u003e among the classics of travel literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425653711155,"sku":"9781915812902","price":38.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K3HKRp21fY9781915812902.webp?v=1780520076","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/an-american-journey-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}