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Running on Empty
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Peter Michael
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Along a 12,000-mile road trip, author Peter Michael listens to Americans finally awakening to the income …more

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Peter Michael
May 09, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  (Review from the author)  ·  review of another edition
Says literary critic Ronald Primeau, "I could not put the book down. Michael listens to Americans better than anyone since Whitman, Steinbeck, or Moyers and explains brilliantly what he hears. Running on Empty is a monumentally significant work appearing at the perfect time, as clear a delineation of income disparity as I have seen anywhere."

Kirkus Reviews calls Running on Empty " . . . a charming blend of Whitman’s maximalism, Kerouac’s enthusiasm and Least Heat-Moon’s earthy anthropology. Mic
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