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What I Found in a Thousand Towns
- A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities - One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time
- Narrated by: Dar Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
Regular price: $29.65
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Publisher's Summary
A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes.
Dubbed by The New Yorker as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters", Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America's small towns. She has played their venues, composed in their coffee shops, and drank in their bars. She has seen these communities struggle but has also seen them thrive in the face of postindustrial identity crises.
Here, Williams muses on why some towns flourish while others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities.
What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to America's small towns, it's a deeply personal and hopeful message about the potential of America's lively and resilient communities.
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This is definitely a must read book, god bless you! I will keep reading! Bye
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Listening to Dar read her book feels like sitting with her and chatting over a cup of tea. Insightful and filled with hope for out collective future, as well as providing simple ideas we can all build on.