The DETOURIST
by Pete Candlerin 🎭️ Culture
The DETOURIST
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Dispatches from A DEEPER SOUTH
on the Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road
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About Pete Candler
Writer — Photographer — Filmmaker
Author of THE ROAD TO UNFORGETTING (2022) and A DEEPER SOUTH (2024)
“An important voice in the discussion of Southern culture and history.” —MICHAEL W. TWITTY
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