Storyville, USA
- ISBN-10
- 0820323039
- ISBN-13
- 9780820323039
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Author
- Dale Peterson
Description
Having crossed the continent with his two children, visiting more than sixty towns in the process, the author shares his cross-country travel adventures in a unique chronicle of small-town America, its down-home citizenry, and its quirky history. Reprint.
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