The two chapters in Part V recount Ilf and Petrov’s hurried trip through the American South to New York and their encounter with the increasingly dangerous political atmosphere in which as they completed their travelogue. The last leg of the writers’ journey solidified their vision of America as a land of scenic wonders and standardized technical marvels. The new experience on this portion of the trip was the opportunity to observe American race relations in the “Negro states of the South.”