{"product_id":"9780062043573","title":"State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by Depression-era travel guides, an anthology of essays on each of the fifty states, plus Washington, D.C., by some of America's finest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eState by State\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDave Eggers tells it straight: \u003ci\u003eIllinois is Number 1\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York's publicist . . . and personal attorney . . . and historian . . . and geologist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a \"Massachusettsean\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdward P. Jones makes the case: \u003ci\u003eD.C. should be a state!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut's Merritt Parkway, exit by exit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnn Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam T. Vollman visits a San Francisco S\u0026amp;M club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eState by State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Odds are, you'll fall for every state a little.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins e-books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556472705265,"sku":"9780062043573","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780062043573_p0.jpg?v=1765828131","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062043573","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}