What I Saw in America
G. K. Chesterton made a lecture tour of the United States in 1921, and What I Saw in America, published the following year, records his impressions. With his characteristic paradoxes he asks what America is, and finds the answer in its creed of equality, the idea that it is a nation founded on a doctrine. He meditates on a New York hotel and on Broadway at night, describes interviewers, cities and the countryside, the American businessman, presidents and politics, Prohibition, fads and public opinion, and ends with reflections on democracy and on the relations between England and America. Affectionate, sharp and often wise, the book is still among the most thoughtful outsiders' views of the country. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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