The American Future
A History
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Peter Marinker
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Simon Schama
About this listen
Simon Schama's different kind of history of the USA begins in the middle of an Iowa caucus. There he witnesses first-hand the exciting, chaotic crush as ordinary Americans - grannies, students, businesswomen and doctors - decide who should become the 44th President of the United States.
He meets Muslim Chuck (Khalil) Alaman, the 'Chicken Club' immigrants and even retired generals, with their take on American history, as they all face the future. Schama delves into America's past to reveal a fascinating collection of stories - of heroes and villains - that capture the spirit of a country built on migration and war: Fannie Lou, sharecropper turned civil rights campaigner, General Montgomery Meigs, founder of the first war cemetery at Arlington, and many more. Simon Schama has lived in America half his life. Here, he shows how the echoes of the past live on in the land of freedom and opportunity.
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- G. A. Thart
- 16-01-19
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I like Simon Schama’s books. This is not a bad book, it is describing USA around Obama’s election with reflections on its past. It describes different aspects of USA history. The reason why I am disappointed is that it is too superficial.
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- Civilization, what the best
- 04-08-22
could not finish
have listened to other Scharma books, but this one I could not get into at all, did not finish.
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- Barry Hawkins
- 24-10-22
You'll have to speed the narration up!
Excellent writing by Schama (host trilogy about The History of Britain is even better). I wondered why I couldn't get into it straight away, until I speeded up the narration to 1.25x (!!) then I finished the book
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- Anthony
- 07-10-18
WARNING - This is the abridged version!
I bought this when buying the Kindle version, and didn't notice that it was just the abridged version, and not the full-length audio book.
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