Somewhere in America : Under the Radar with Chicken Warriors, Left-Wing Patriots, Angry Nudists, and Others

by Singer, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780618581689
• ISBN10: 0618581685
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-12
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Mark Singer's lively and extremely popular "U.S. Journal" column in The New Yorker featured under-the-radar stories that were unusual but emblematic tales of American life. A first-time collection of these pieces, Somewhere in America offers an illuminating glimpse of the cultural kaleidoscope of our country. From worm farmers in Weleetka, Oklahoma, to angry nudists in Wilmington, Vermont, Singer proves that "sometimes you don't even need a passport to experience a new nation" (U.S. News & World Report).

Author Biography

Mark Singer has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money, Mr. Personality, Citizen K, and Somewhere in America. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(7)
The Chicken Warriors	8	(14)
Kingston, Oklahoma, January 2001
God and Football	22	(12)
Asheville, North Carolina, September 2000
The Widower's Tale	34	(14)
Cape May Courthouse, New jersey, January 2001
The High Mark	48	(13)
Cooke City, Montana, March 2002
Never Surrender	61	(12)
Shreveport, Louisiana, May 2001
Last Night at the Diner	73	(11)
Lee, Massachusetts, February 2001
Time to Kill	84	(15)
Terre Haute, Indiana, May 2001
Home Is Here	99	(13)
Dearborn, Michigan, October 2001
I Pledge Allegiance	112	(14)
Madison, Wisconsin, November 2001
Who Killed Carol Jenkins?	126	(14)
Martinsville, Indiana, January 2002
The Haves and the Haves	140	(15)
Norfolk, Connecticut, August 2003
True North	155	(11)
Bismarck, North Dakota, February 2002
So Long, Read About You Tomorrow	166	(13)
Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 2002
Day Strippers	179	(13)
Wilmington, Vermont, October 2002
A Year of Trouble	192	(13)
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2002
The Radon Cure	205	(9)
Boulder Montana, July 2001
Just a Little Too Sweet	214	(14)
Weleetka, Oklahoma, June 2003
Teen Beat	228	(13)
Itasca, Texas, January 2003
On the Road Again	241	(15)
Hollister, California, August 2002
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	256