Next door, down the road, around the corner
Subtitle: a family album.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: United States -- Civilization -- 1970-  -- Pictorial works.
Description: "Richard Balzer has a very special love for America. It started in 1956 when he was twelve years old and took a trip with his family across the country on the Santa Fe Railroad. He fell in love with the beauty and size of the country, and promised himself that someday he would see all of it. In 1970 he bought a used Ford Econoline van and outfitted it with a sleeping bag, curtains, and portable stove. He took a couple of cameras and an old Remington Rand typewriter, and set off across the country. In eighteen months he traveled more than 50,000 miles, through forty-seven states. He went to public events and private celebrations, homes and bars, schools and factories, stores and museums. He wandered through city streets and in the rural countryside. He spent a lot of time meeting people and trying to get to know them. Richard Balzer fell in love with America again, this time with its people. He tells us of his love for America in Next Door, Down the Road, Around the Corner"--Back cover.