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Potatoes on the Moon

I Spent a Week Probing the Alien Landscape of Idaho

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Potatoes on the Moon

By: Jim Goad
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What do most people think of Idaho? Well, see, that's the problem - they don't think of Idaho. Despite its breathtaking natural beauty and the fact that it's crammed to the gills with eccentrics and freethinkers, Idaho may as well be the moon as far as the rest of America is concerned.

Jim Goad recently spent a week in Idaho mingling with state troopers, political extremists, collegiate progressives, and heartbreakingly friendly locals. Spending most of the week in the wilderness allowed him to examine one of the most pervasive yet ignored forms of cultural bigotry - the endless disdain that "urban supremacists" have for rural people. In this case, the countryside wins by a landslide.

©2015 The Thought & Expression Co. (P)2015 Audible, Inc. North America Travel Writing & Commentary Idaho
Detailed Storytelling • Social Commentary • Versatile Writing • Entertaining Narrative • Informative Content
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Fantastic author and narrator, you will never be bored !! The story is so very detailed and informative , you can visualize Idaho in your head ! Now I want to visit a place that never before had any interest for me until I came across this book!

Let me pack my bags...

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Jim Goad has a wonderful way of pointing out how bigoted you probably are about things that you never really cared enough about to give much thought to. In this brief work, he gives us a perspective about Idaho that will probably expose the ignorance that all who have never visited that state and country probably harbor.

Someday, I will have to visit Idaho.

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interesting microcosm of American life. not the main stream media version but the true experience of a real person.

good short story

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Honestly, it had never crossed my mind to visit Idaho I’m reluctant to say. However, Mr. Goad’s well written missive has peaked my interest. Well done sir.
JT-

Well done

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I enjoyed listening to the paradoxical adventures of this couple in this crazy beautiful state!

Brief but amusing

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The whole truth & nothing but the truth-and funny as funny as hell. Diversity is not our strength & never will be.

Goad Kills The Anti Non-Melanins as always

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Proudly been reading JG for 24 years. He's yet to disappoint… it's especially cool to read something by Goad that is- on the surface, anyway- simple and fun. Far from a one note writer, and only dummies would say otherwise, Goad is exceptionally versatile. Social commentary masquerading as light reading, Potatoes on the Moon is as good as anything he's ever done.

He's still just as good as ever.

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super fun, great perspective on one of the greatest states in the country, Idaho. Truly recognizes and appreciates rural life in a way that is not hokey

excellent

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This makes me wanna get rid of audible , guess anyone can just make a audiobook.

got horrible vibes from this audio!

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Born and raised in Idaho, love it, and thrilled someone would write about it, but this was like superficial click-bait garbage. Like someone drove through a place and wrote a book on it because they needed a quick project. Didn't even pronounce the places correctly. Couer d'Alene is co-ord-a-lane not kurdle-ain for pete's sake. Did you really even visit? And you missed the point on the white supremacists skinheads. Yes most people in Idaho are not them, but they do exist, not a liberal construct, actually were a scary threat and embarrassment, but thank heavens they were dismantled, which would have been a great thing to put in here because it's an interesting story. Please put more effort into your next project.

yikes

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