My Kind of Midwest: Omaha to Ohio

by John A. Jakle

"Will it play in Peoria?" That question--only half-joking--hovers over everything from politics to television, an acknowledgment that the Midwest is perhaps the most emblematic regions of the United States today. Stereotypes both good and bad abound about Midwesterners, but in this incisive yet poignant book, John Jakle reveals a rich and telling portrait of the contemporary Midwest and its people.
In engaging prose, Jakle chronicles his childhood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930066872
• ISBN13: 9781930066878
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Center for American Places
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.0"