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A Visit to America (Paperback)
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A Visit to America (Paperback)
Series: The Fonthill Complete A. G. Macdonell Series
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Discovery Miles 3 240
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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.
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