Books about places

books (and movies, documentaries, and other content) that helps you understand a place, great for reading before traveling

Sam Liebeskind

A Reading Roadtrip Across the U.S.A.

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On New Orleans: “Run-down, dilapidated, depleted, and yet still wonderful. Because no other city in America looks like it. Because its houses are haunted and its people are strange and its sunsets are bloody and its waters are black and its music is madness and its food is incredible. Because it was once inhabited by mercenaries and parrot kings