Status Updates From The Last American Road Trip...

"there are no red states or blue states. There are only purple states, purple like a bruise, and people trying to survive in a broken-promise land"

THIS BOOK IS GOING BREAK ME

“James, the most vicious of the lot, was forgiven for his crimes. He was white, entertaining, and an alleged foe of the government; in other words, an ideal American.” (2/2)

“The makeover of Jesse James was part of a broader mid-century rehabilitation of slave owners including Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Their biographies were rewritten by Hollywood’s cowboys-and-Indians culture, softened to appeal to 10-year-old boys and the 10-year-old boy in every man.” (1/2)