The American Future LP: A History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780061669071)

"With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, The American Future traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny....A book of beautiful writing, peppered with wisecracks, slashed with rapier thrusts." --Philadelphia Inquirer

A De Tocqueville for the 21^st century, Simon Schama, NBCC Award winning author of Rough Crossings offers an essential, historical, long view analysis of the American character in The American Future. Shama examines four themes--war, race and faith, immigration, and custodianship of the land--through the prism of the historic 2008 presidential election in a magnificent work that the Wall Street Journal calls a "celebration of American resiliency." Niall Ferguson says, "I hope Obama will have this book on his bedside table."

Author: Simon Schama
ISBN-10: 0061669075
ISBN-13: 9780061669071
Publisher: Harper Large Print
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2009
Pages: 704
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 6.12h x 8.98w x 1.48d
Large Print