Thank you, Christopher Ingraham for venturing out of the bubble of stereotyping and misunderstanding that often confines American urbanites who never leave the city and smugly judge rural Americans from their leather couches. I love Mr. Ingraham for his open mind and reporter’s grasp of detail and complicated truth. He captures the charm of a small town entertainingly, without sentimentality or the canned platitudes of those who drop in for a day and count themselves expert analysts after lunchtime. Good work!” — George Hodgman, NY Times bestselling author of Bettyville
“If you want to understand America’s current existential crisis – namely the rural/urban divide – please pick up Christopher Ingraham’s book. He writes with humor and compassion, but also with hard data and insight. The result is a fascinating portrait of the middle of our country, both its strengths and weaknesses. It’s like “Green Acres” with regression analysis.” — AJ Jacobs, bestselling author of The Know It All