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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America is a book by travel writer Bill Bryson, chronicling his 13,978-mile (22,495-km) trip around the United States in the autumn of 1987 and spring 1988. It was Bryson's first travel book.
Fellow small-town enthusiast Leigh Crandall and I put in hours upon hours of research, including chatting up locals and hitting the road, to bring you the top 10 standout small towns across ...
Dahlonega, a cute small town of just under 7,500 people, was the site of the first major gold rush in U.S. history, and much of the town is dedicated to telling the story of that historic time.
The town’s school, grocery store, notary, and church are all inside the same building, or connected by a tunnel, and even though it's small, summertime sees the town welcoming over 700,000 visitors.
The book was a commercial success. It was the best-selling work of fiction in America for the year 1921, according to Publishers Weekly. [2]Some of Lewis's contemporaries said the novel was too bleak, even humorless, in its portrayal of ignorant small-town life and people. [3]
Small-town life looms large in American pop culture, and the United States boasts tens of thousands of towns and cities with fewer than 50,000 people. Here are some of the best ones to visit if ...
Into the Beautiful North is a novel written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. [1] Written in 2009, it is set in Mexico and then the United States [ 2 ] as the main character Nayeli seeks seven men to help defend her small Mexican town against the bandidos who plan to take over.
But if small towns aren’t your jam and giant cities overwhelm you, you’re in luck. WalletHub recently completed a study of 1,300 locales to determine the best small cities in America.