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

Using the Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.

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