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Writer Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the United States of America.

Using the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archives to travel from the bright lights of New York to the pacific breeze of California.

Featuring:

* ‘Travel Talk: How The World Lives’ – New York [1947]

* ‘Free Spirit’ by Jonathan Raban [1991]

* American Airwaves’ [1984]

* ‘Sam Shepard at the Battersea Arts Centre: Cruising Paradise’ [1998]

* ‘The Green Book’ extract [2016]

* ‘World Roots: An Appalachian Road Trip’ [2009]

* ‘Conversations with the Blues’ [1961]

* ‘French Men Desire Good Children’ [1992]

* ‘South and West’ [2017]

* ‘Inside Track: Cowgirls’ [1998]

* ‘A Bright Light in the Night’ [2005]

* ‘American Beauty: Death Valley Opera’ [1995]

* ‘On the Town’ [1980]

* ‘Not Yet, Jayette’ [1992]

Producer: Luke Doran

Made for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.

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