{"product_id":"the-last-american-road-trip-1","title":"The Last American Road Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Booksellers Association \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kendzior is an absolutely terrific writer.\" --Sebastian Junger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThey Knew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe View from Flyover Country\u003c\/i\u003e navigates a changing America as she and her family embark on a series of road trips, in a book that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland--and yet another to raise children as it happens. \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Road Trip\u003c\/i\u003e is one family's journey to the most beautiful, fascinating, and bizarre places in the US during one of its most tumultuous eras. As Kendzior works as a journalist chronicling political turmoil, she becomes determined that her young children see America before it's too late. So Kendzior, her husband, and the kids hit the road--again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting from Missouri, the family drives across America in every direction as cataclysmic events--the rise of autocracy, political and technological chaos, and the pandemic--reshape American life. They explore Route 66, national parks, historical sites, and Americana icons as Kendzior contemplates love for country in a broken heartland. Together, the family watches the landscape of the United States--physical, environmental, social, political--transform through the car window. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part political history, The Last American Road Trip is one mother's promise to her children that their country will be there for them in the future--even though at times she struggles to believe it herself.","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50806201680104,"sku":"9781250879882","price":27.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_33f7404a-74d9-4eb3-b9aa-3a023d801e44.jpg?v=1790302633","url":"https:\/\/shop.kuumba.app\/products\/the-last-american-road-trip-1","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}