[Ads-l] flyover country

[Ben Zimmer]

Peter Reitan (who blogs as Peter Jensen Brown on his Early Sports and
Pop Culture History Blog) has done some great research on the
expression "flyover country" and its precursors. I wrote up his work
for my latest Wall St. Journal column:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/after-the-election-the-concept-of-flyover-country-rises-1479830039

If paywalled, Google the headline or follow a social media link, like this one:

https://twitter.com/bgzimmer/status/801116327326924800

Peter has a much more extensive post, with lots of citations, on his blog:

http://esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/11/hollywood-execs-new-york-writers-and.html

--bgz

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