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Item Details
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A VISIT TO AMERICA
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| By: |
A.G. Macdonell |
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Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781550328 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781550328 |
| Publisher: |
FONTHILL MEDIA |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2012 |
| Series: |
The Fonthill Complete A. G. Macdonell Series |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
This fascinating book was written as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek travelogue. It is amusing, but also savage, and lacking in political correctness. It makes fun of Americans and Europeans alike and touches jokingly on hypocrisy everywhere. From New York to Chicago and on to San Francisco he travels by train. A must-read for anyone who enjoys honesty. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1934, at the peak of the Great Depression, A. G. Macdonell embarked on a journey across America. This travelogue is the deliciously scathing product of that adventure: a vivid and unflinchingly honest record of life in the cities and the slums, on the roads, railways, and the vast open plains. "The hot breath of the Apocalyptic Horsemen is on my neck, and I still wake up on occasions in peaceful England, cold with terror from the dream that I am once again upon the road." By the time he departed for America, Macdonell was an international celebrity, and as such, he was afforded a privileged glimpse into both the glamour and the gritty reality of 1930s America. With brutal humour he glides effortlessly between lavish dinners and dances at the Plaza Hotel, passionate football games comparable to the 'less pleasing features' of the First World War, and the humbling 'Spirit of the Pioneers' buried deep within the poverty-stricken cattle ranges of Montana. While his descriptions can be savage and mocking, Macdonell is also affectionate, compassionate, and startlingly insightful.In A Visit to America, he gamely captures all that is beautiful and repulsive about a country gripped in economic turmoil; fascinating and timeless, it is an indulgence not to be missed. |
| Illustrations: |
60 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Fonthill Media |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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