Paradise Blues, Travels through American Environmental History

Author

Mauch

Year

2024

Publisher

White Horse Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-91218-679-2

Link

Last Update

20-Aug-2025

Keywords

Language & Literature ; American Studies ; Environmental Studies ; sustainability-discipline

Description

America is a country of dreams, desires and longings. Millions of visitors from all over the world flock to the USA to experience its extremes – from city adventures to the vast wilderness, the plunging Niagara Falls to towering skyscrapers, the glitz of Las Vegas to the glaciers of Alaska, Memphis blues to Florida’s swamps, from giant sequoias to canyons and rivers. A trip from coast to coast by car or campervan is still considered the ultimate pilgrimage through America’s great outdoors.

My work as an environmental historian has involved exploring the USA for decades. Washington D.C. was my home...