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September 1996 found Philip Caputo on Barter Island, a wind-scoured rock and roll in the Beaufort Sea filled by two hundred Inupiat and a handful of whites. As he gazed after an American flag above the only school for a 150 kilometers, he marveled that the children in that school pledged allegiance to the same flag as the children of Cuban immigrants on Key West, almost six thousand kilometers away. Awed by America's vastness and diversity and filled with a renewed gratitude because of its cohesiveness, a concept began to form. With plenty of time, gas money, and nerve he could drive from the southernmost indicate the northernmost point of america that is reachable by road, speaking with people as he gone and trying to raised understand what supports our great country together. Cicada-like, the idea went dormant, not to be reawakened for 14 years. In 2011, America was struggling through the best economic downturn since the Despair and was more divided than it had been in living storage. Caputo, who had just flipped 70, his wife, and their two British setters became popular in a pick up truck hauling an Airstream camper from Key West, Florida, on the way via back highways and status routes to Deadhorse, Alaska. The quest took four weeks and covered 17,000 kilometers, during which Caputo interviewed more than 80 Us citizens from all walks of life to get a picture of what their lives and the life span of the nation are really about in the 21st century.

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