Publisher's Synopsis
This unique, revelatory portrait of the civic and economic renewal taking place today across America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media, presents a surprisingly hopeful view of the country between its coasts. For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane, visiting smaller and medium-sized cities. While meeting civic leaders, factory workers, recent immigrants, and young entrepreneurs they have come to appreciate and understand the prospects of places that usually draw notice only after a disaster or during a political campaign. They have taken the pulse of America and the prognosis is strong. Our Towns is the story of their journey--and an account of a country busy remaking itself, despite the challenges and paralysis of national politics.
