Flyover Country

Christopher Harper is an associate professor of journalism at Temple University. He worked as a reporter for more than twenty years for the Associated Press, Newsweek, and ABC News in more than fifty countries. He lives in Moravia, New York, with his wife, Elizabeth, and his daughter, Cecylia.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter One: Growing UpChapter 3 Chapter Two: Glory Days?Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Moving OnChapter 5 Chapter Four: WorkingChapter 6 Chapter Five: FamilyChapter 7 Chapter Six: Hard TimesChapter 8 Chapter Seven: BelievingChapter 9 Chapter Eight: The Class of 2009Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: Reflections from Forty Years Ago and Forty Years ApartChapter 11 Chapter Ten: One More Time with FeelingChapter 12 Bibliography

…In Flyover Country you'll meet the dreamers, poets, stoners, jocks, cheerleaders, and anonymous faces that were part of the Class of '69. Then, you'll meet them again, as they are today. Travel the hard road with Harper as the lessons of high school teach him to walk in the deepest black forests.