American Atlas

By Dan Gerber

American Atlas brings to the traditional "road" novel an exhilarating breath of fresh air--or perhaps one should say a catastrophic gale. The hero is no penniless wanderer who subsidizes his cross-country trek by stealing chickens and hubcaps. He is Lawrence Bancroft, who starts the novel off with a bang by walking out on his father's funeral and his position as the heir to a multimillion-dollar pie company. Bancroft wants to be a poet and he pursues his dream across the length and breadth of America, serving up a dazzling portrait not only of the state of the nation but of a man in search of himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087013681X
• ISBN13: 9780870136818
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.6"