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At Aiken's steeplechase event Paul Theroux meets well-heeled locals, mainly horse people and cotton baron descendents. Then he visits a hovel, once inhabited by Melvin Johnson.

Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys across America's southern states is timely,
and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams:

4. At Aiken's steeplechase event he meets well-healed locals, mainly horse
people and cotton baron descendents. Then he visits a hovel, once inhabited
by Melvin Johnson, who has stories to tell..

Reader Henry Goodman

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Henry Goodman
Author Paul Theroux
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Thu 3 Sep 2015 09:45
  • Fri 4 Sep 2015 00:30

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