Don't Play Away Your Cards, Uncle Sam: The American DifferenceLexington Books, 2002 - 169 páginas Hannah Arendt wrote that America was the greatest adventure of European man. Times have changed and stale anti-American sentiment flowing west from the European continent has replaced the flood of Europeans crossing the Atlantic in search of the American Dream. In Olof Murelius, one encounters a European observer who grasps what so many Europeans now miss, the adventure that is still America. Don't Play Away Your Cards, Uncle Sam is a spirited account of the growth of a nation. Murelius's work cuts a broad swathe through American history from the Founding Fathers to Bill Clinton, accentuating America's many and varied accomplishments. It is a gloriously unapologetic battle cry to America to cast off any lingering national self-doubt and will delight readers seeking a conversation with the best of Old Europe about the American "way of life." |
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... soon lost . Only 38 persons of the 104 who arrived with the first ship , in the spring of 1607 , were alive in the autumn of the same year . After 10 years only 350 of the total 1,600 that had sailed to the prom- ised land remained ...
... soon lost . Only 38 persons of the 104 who arrived with the first ship , in the spring of 1607 , were alive in the autumn of the same year . After 10 years only 350 of the total 1,600 that had sailed to the prom- ised land remained ...
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... soon started in a number of cities in Pennsylvania , New York , New England , Ohio , and elsewhere . These parties formu- lated a great number of political demands : ending prison sentences for unpaid debts , free general education ...
... soon started in a number of cities in Pennsylvania , New York , New England , Ohio , and elsewhere . These parties formu- lated a great number of political demands : ending prison sentences for unpaid debts , free general education ...
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... soon included gambling , prostitution , and drugs . In the underworld of every big city there was soon a king , who governed with the help of loyal henchmen . Even normal , legal activities like restaurants , laundries , garages ...
... soon included gambling , prostitution , and drugs . In the underworld of every big city there was soon a king , who governed with the help of loyal henchmen . Even normal , legal activities like restaurants , laundries , garages ...
Contenido
At the Beginning | 3 |
Birth of the Nation | 21 |
Forging an Identity | 43 |
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