Ebook: Another Fine Mess: Across the USA in a Ford Model T
Author: Moore Tim
- Tags: Automobile travel, Automobile travel--United States, Ford Model T automobile, Politics and government, Social conditions, Travel, Moore Tim -- 1964- -- Travel -- United States, Automobile travel -- United States, United States -- Description and travel, United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century, United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-, Moore Tim -- 1964-, United States
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press : Random House
- City: United States
- Language: English
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Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman – switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford.
'Alarmingly full of incident, very funny – even mildly transformative' Daily Mail
Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross Trumpland USA in an original Model T Ford. Armed only with a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels and a trunkload of 'wise-ass Limey liberal gumption', his route takes him exclusively through Donald-voting counties, meeting the everyday folks who voted red along the way.
He meets a people defined by extraordinary generosity, willing to shift heaven and earth to keep him on the road. And yet, this is clearly a nation in conflict with itself: citizens 'tooling up' in reaction to ever-increasing security fears; a healthcare system creaking to support sugar-loaded soda lovers; a disintegrating rust belt all but forgotten by the...