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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
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December 1, 2015
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February 29, 2016

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Tien
Nov 27, 2015 rated it really liked it
Paul Theroux has travelled extensively through third world countries and now, he chose to explore the Deep South. It’s a different sort of travel as he went to and fro between home and the South over 1.5 years. He met numerous people; most were courteous with very interesting stories. He contemplated the severity of poverty he’s encountered and which he found to be comparable to that of a third world country. He reflected on the civil rights movements and its effects; the violence, the delay of ...more
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