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Albion's Seed
- Four British Folkways in America, Vol. 1
- ナレーター: Julian Elfer
- 再生時間: 29 時間 40 分
- カテゴリー: 政治学・社会科学, 社会科学
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American Nations
- A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- 著者: Colin Woodard
- ナレーター: Walter Dixon
- 再生時間: 12 時間 51 分
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North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another ever since. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or assimilate into an "American" or "Canadian" culture, but rather into one of the 11 distinct regional ones that spread over the continent each staking out mutually exclusive territory. In American Nations, Colin Woodard leads us on a journey through the history of our fractured continent....
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Born Fighting
- How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
- 著者: Jim Webb
- ナレーター: Allan Robertson
- 再生時間: 13 時間 1 分
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The Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only five percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army).
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Union
- The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood
- 著者: Colin Woodard
- ナレーター: Robert Petkoff
- 再生時間: 13 時間 33 分
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Union tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States, one that could hold its rival regional cultures together and forge an American nationhood.
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Prisoners of Geography
- Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- 著者: Tim Marshall
- ナレーター: Scott Brick
- 再生時間: 8 時間 49 分
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Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location or where we are going but about the world in general. And yet, when it comes to geo-politics, much of what we are told is generated by analysts and other experts who have neglected to refer to a map of the place in question.
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
- 著者: Christopher Lasch
- ナレーター: David de Vries
- 再生時間: 7 時間 32 分
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In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset ( The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place.
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- 著者: Stephen R. Platt
- ナレーター: Mark Deakins
- 再生時間: 17 時間 50 分
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to "open" China even as China's imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country's decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China's advantage.
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American Nations
- A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- 著者: Colin Woodard
- ナレーター: Walter Dixon
- 再生時間: 12 時間 51 分
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North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another ever since. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or assimilate into an "American" or "Canadian" culture, but rather into one of the 11 distinct regional ones that spread over the continent each staking out mutually exclusive territory. In American Nations, Colin Woodard leads us on a journey through the history of our fractured continent....
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Born Fighting
- How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
- 著者: Jim Webb
- ナレーター: Allan Robertson
- 再生時間: 13 時間 1 分
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The Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only five percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army).
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Union
- The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood
- 著者: Colin Woodard
- ナレーター: Robert Petkoff
- 再生時間: 13 時間 33 分
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Union tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States, one that could hold its rival regional cultures together and forge an American nationhood.
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Prisoners of Geography
- Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- 著者: Tim Marshall
- ナレーター: Scott Brick
- 再生時間: 8 時間 49 分
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Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location or where we are going but about the world in general. And yet, when it comes to geo-politics, much of what we are told is generated by analysts and other experts who have neglected to refer to a map of the place in question.
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
- 著者: Christopher Lasch
- ナレーター: David de Vries
- 再生時間: 7 時間 32 分
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In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset ( The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place.
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- 著者: Stephen R. Platt
- ナレーター: Mark Deakins
- 再生時間: 17 時間 50 分
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to "open" China even as China's imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country's decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China's advantage.
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The Burden of Southern History
- 著者: C. Vann Woodward
- ナレーター: Bobby Dobbs
- 再生時間: 8 時間 43 分
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C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience. First published in 1960, the audiobook quickly became a touchstone for generations of students.
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American Slavery, American Freedom
- 著者: Edmund S. Morgan
- ナレーター: Sean Pratt
- 再生時間: 14 時間 19 分
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"If it is possible to understand the American paradox, the marriage of slavery and freedom, Virginia is surely the place to begin," writes Edmund S. Morgan in American Slavery, American Freedom, a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the key to this central paradox in the people and politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country.
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Dignity
- Seeking Respect in Back Row America
- 著者: Chris Arnade
- ナレーター: Donte Bonner
- 再生時間: 5 時間 30 分
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Widely acclaimed writer Chris Arnade shines new light on America's poor, drug-addicted, and forgotten - both urban and rural, blue state and red state - and indicts the elitists who've left them behind. Like Jacob Riis in the 1890s, Walker Evans in the 1930s, or Michael Harrington in the 1960s, Chris Arnade bares the reality of our current class divide in unforgettable true stories. Arnade's raw, deeply reported accounts cut through today's clickbait media headlines and indict the elitists who misunderstood poverty and addiction in America for decades.
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution
- 著者: Gordon S. Wood
- ナレーター: Paul Boehmer
- 再生時間: 19 時間 2 分
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Grand in scope, rigorous in its arguments, and elegantly synthesizing 30 years of scholarship, Gordon S. Wood's Pulitzer Prize–winning book analyzes the social, political, and economic consequences of 1776. In The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Wood depicts not just a break with England, but the rejection of an entire way of life: of a society with feudal dependencies, a politics of patronage, and a world view in which people were divided between the nobility and "the Herd."
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A Time of Gifts
- On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
- 著者: Patrick Leigh Fermor
- ナレーター: Crispin Redman
- 再生時間: 12 時間 51 分
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In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the listener with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses - not only of the events that were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers, the sun on the Bavarian snow, the storks and frogs, the hospitable burgomasters who welcomed him, and that world's grandeurs and courtesies.
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Live Not by Lies
- A Manual for Christian Dissidents
- 著者: Rod Dreher
- ナレーター: Adam Verner
- 再生時間: 6 時間 9 分
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said that one of the biggest mistakes people make is assuming totalitarianism can't happen in their country. Many American Christians are making that mistake today, sleepwalking through the erosion of our freedoms. Live Not by Lies will wake them and equip them for the long resistance.
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A Secular Age
- 著者: Charles Taylor
- ナレーター: Dennis Holland
- 再生時間: 42 時間 7 分
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What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we - in the West, at least - largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean - of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human possibility among others.
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1491
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
- 著者: Charles C. Mann
- ナレーター: Darrell Dennis
- 再生時間: 16 時間 17 分
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Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus' landing had crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago; existed mainly in small nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas were, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last 30 years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong.
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Arctic Dreams
- 著者: Barry Lopez
- ナレーター: James Naughton
- 再生時間: 17 時間 33 分
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This best-selling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.
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Bronze Age Mindset
- 著者: Bronze Age Pervert
- ナレーター: Adam Smith
- 再生時間: 5 時間 32 分
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Some say that this work, found in a safe-box in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated because Bronze Age Pervert refuses to learn what he calls "the low and plebeian art of writing". It isn't known how this work was transcribed. The contents are pure dynamite. He explains that you live in ant farm. That you are observed by the lords of lies, ritually probed. Ancient man had something you have lost: confidence in his instincts and strength, knowledge in his blood. BAP shows how the Bronze Age mind-set can set you free from this iron prison and help you embark on the path of power.
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A Time to Build
- From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
- 著者: Yuval Levin
- ナレーター: Ford Enlow
- 再生時間: 6 時間 36 分
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Americans are living through a social crisis. Our politics is polarized and bitterly divided. Culture wars rage on campus, in the media, social media, and other arenas of our common life. And for too many Americans, alienation can descend into despair, weakening families and communities and even driving an explosion of opioid abuse. Left and right alike have responded with populist anger at our institutions, and use only metaphors of destruction to describe the path forward: cleaning house, draining swamps. But, as Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription.
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The Brothers Karamazov [Jimcin Recordings Edition]
- 著者: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- ナレーター: Walter Covell
- 再生時間: 37 時間 1 分
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Dostoevsky studied human nature with passion and precision. He plumbed the depths and never winced at what he found, even when it was beyond his understanding. This extraordinary novel is a recital of his findings, told in the story of four brothers: Dimitri, pleasure-seeking, impatient, unruly; Ivan, brilliant and morose; Alyosha, gentle, loving, honest; and the illegitimate Smerdyakov, sly, silent, cruel. What give this story its dramatic grip is the part these brothers play in their father's murder.
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This fascinating audiobook is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins.
While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable audiobook explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2014/07/26
This is great, much more than title suggests
Would you consider the audio edition of Albion's Seed to be better than the print version?
The narrator was great and when it came to comparing accents and usage of words listening was better than reading.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Albion's Seed?
So much history that I never understood. The first British settlers shaped the USA as it is now in everything from cooking to the Presidents. This book brings history alive.
Which scene was your favorite?
Not so much a scene, but I did enjoy reading of the marriage customs in the different parts of hte country.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No. It isn't that kind of book. I had a lot of moments of "that's where that came from."
Any additional comments?
This book makes the early years of American History so easy to understand. The time before Independence is explained and the reasons for later history up to the modern day make sense when these basic differences of early settlement regions are understood.
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- Teadrinker
- 2014/11/30
Good New History
This is a new way of looking at history and makes much more sense than Wars, Generals and Regimes - it looks at a whole society and how it functions. It's probably not for everyone because it is scholarly, using the primary source material of comparative folklore, but the overall themes should be shared with everyone, perhaps even in secondary school texts, because it makes the mixture of people in the US much easier to understand. There were four areas in England from which the early settlers care, and we evolved from those cultures, even us latecomers. We adopted the ethics and habits of either the Puritians (northeast), Quakers (mid-Atlantic), aristocracy (south) or northern (Scottish/Irish) borderers (rural mid-south). If this type of history becomes common, we can see how all cultures contributed to America.
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- TansyLand
- 2015/05/03
Very Informative
The first couple hours are a little slow. After the beginning it becomes very good. I am a history buff, but had never looked at American and British history from this perspective. I really learned a lot and enjoyed it tremendously.
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- Andrew Glasgow
- 2017/03/06
Brilliant analysis
Fascinating cultural history with surprisingly powerful present day implications. Fischer is a national treasure. Excelkent narration.
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- George Russell
- 2016/09/10
Relevant to 2016 Political realignment
An excellent analysis of regional basis & differences of our British roots. The last chapter culminates in explanation of changes in parties & politics which is relevant to today's changes & party switching.
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- penname
- 2017/02/27
Excellent history
Well-thought, well-researched, well-expressed, and well-read. Lovers of history will enjoy immensely. Very intriguing reading during and following the 2016 election; the section at the end charting and explaining shifts of regional loyalty in presidential elections was particularly fascinating.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2015/03/27
Albion's Seed: Wow So much information in one book
Would you listen to Albion's Seed again? Why?
Yes I will listen to this book again there is so much information to take in it can't be done in one reading; However the vast amount of information and origins of folk practices we still do to this day, and don't know why, are fascinating. The wedding customs are a riot and some downright wacky .... but it gets very serious in places... I have had "Bound Away In my wish list for a very long time reading the reviews many said to read "Albion's Seed" first so I did.
But first I started with" How the West Won The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity" (Unabridged) <--- Very true it's not about Cowboys and Indians
What was one of the most memorable moments of Albion's Seed?
Well I'll tell you I just never could see how easily the North could fight a war with the South, but it turns out that they pretty much hated each other already over drastically different religious beliefs and it probably was not that hard to kick off!
Which scene was your favorite?
The wedding traditions because they were funny.(most but not all)
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Well you might want to but I'm not sure you can it gets intense at times; However I did repeat chapters and noted chapters I want to listen to again! I will listen to it as a whole again.
Any additional comments?
This author paints a very good scene, it is easy to imagine (if you have an inner eye) seeing our American ancestors and how they lived. Some things are very shocking considering how we were taught they behaved. Sometimes draggy but just about the time you say Oh Geezz... I'm reaching for the fast forward... a whole new can of worms pops out and your glad you didn't. This book leaves no doubt that this country was founded on differing Christian religious beliefs, strictly Christian. Even if not all were not very Christ like ....
Sorry this review but the book is 39 hrs long
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- Jonathan Miller
- 2018/12/23
Elevating
This unique and enthralling book has changed the way I understand history--all history, not just American; and my own upbringing. It is superbly narrated.
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- ALadd
- 2018/11/11
How to understand American Politics!
This book should be called: How to understand American Politics! David Hackett Fischer illustrates the foundation of the America Nation through the personality and culture of the British immigrants that settled it. Understanding these pockets of immigrants and the corresponding culture and religion they brought with them, helped me understand the cultures within the United States today. Most of the core beliefs, tenants and attitudes are still alive and well and impacting our daily lives. They are particularly apparent in politics. It is a wonderful book! Reading it will give you a deeper understanding about America, while illustrating how immigrants - from anywhere, during any decade - are influential to building and reshaping of America. It has been that way since its inception. #Immigration #VoicesFromTheGrave #AmericanRevolution #EnglandtoAmerica #Tagsgiving #Sweetstakes
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- M.McDonald
- 2020/09/14
great information on US history and culture
informed the cultural landscape of US very well. Lays out the 4 main people groups that helped build these United States.
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- Dolores
- 2014/07/27
One of the best
I loved this book in written form, and audio backs it up. A groundbreaking theory of how British culture is planted in current USA based on immigration roots over 400 years ago. Very very good if you like cultural studies, history, geography. Applicable to British and American readers. It is serious scholarship and detail oriented (food ways, language, clothing, politics, etc) but well worth it and a good listen.
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- Johhny_T
- 2020/07/12
Thought provoking
Great book. Explains the power of culture and its enduring impact through centuries. I highly recommend this book.
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- Anonimo Nonlodico
- 2016/03/08
A timeless classic!
Would you consider the audio edition of Albion's Seed to be better than the print version?
Definitely, both because of its sheer length and its analysis of local dialects.
What did you like best about this story?
How thorough, deep, erudite and enlightening it is.
Any additional comments?
A must read for anyone interested in American history, culture and civilisation.