"There was no one moment when they definitely crossed over into Ameristan. The closest thing to a formal ceremony was when Tom pulled over onto the gravel shoulder of a two-lane road between cornfields and yanked off the vehicles' license platesâwhich was evidently held on with magnets... Then the caravan was back on the road. âWhen in Rome,â Julian said... About an hour out of Des Moines, they did pass by a tiny signâSharpie on plywoodâbearing what might have been the burning-cross logo of the Levitican Church."
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