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An Address Delivered Before The National Study Conference On The
Churches And The International Situation, At Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, February 27, 1940.
An Address Delivered Before The National Study Conference On The
Churches And The International Situation, At Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, February 27, 1940.
Whether the purpose is to soak up the scenery, raid the art
galleries, or marry impoverished but titled Europeans, a million
Americans invade Europe every year. In Americans Abroad, Foster
Rhea Dulles recaptures the humor, romance, and sheer pleasure that
are the trademarks of European travel. From the days of Abigail
Adams to the present time, he tells the story of two centuries of
American tourists in Europe. Writers and artists, diplomats and
honeymooners, socialites and expatriates, clergymen and spies
they're all here, including some of the most eccentric characters
in history: rustic Ben Franklin, a marten fur cap on his head,
charming the most celebrated salons of Paris; Iowa Indians
breakfasting with Disraeli; prudish Longfellow resisting
temptations in the mountains of Spain; plus mysterious Louis
Littlepage, General Tom Thumb, Dorothea Dix, jumping ""Jim Crow,""
and many others. In Americans Abroad you see Europe through their
eyes. Here is a Grand Tour that is truly different a view of Paris
and London, the Swiss Alps, the Grand Canal, the Italian hill
towns, and the Riviera that will charm and delight you. If you have
ever been to Europe, plan to go, or merely dream of a future
European adventure, this book is a must on your reading shelf.
In the wake of the Civil War, every aspect of American life was to
be shaped anew by the energies of a nation now reborn. The
remarkable story of the growth these energies achieved is told here
beginning with General Grant's historic ride into the little
village of Appomattox and the Battle of Appomattox Court House, and
taking the reader up through the extraordinary staccato of
modern-day political events. In this newly expanded and completely
up-to-date edition, Foster Rhea Dulles vividly depicts the
individuals, episodes, and ideas that have guided the course of
over a hundred years of American history: reconstruction in the
South, the westward surge, Populism and Progressivism, the New
Deal, the impact of the Vietnamese conflict, and the Negro
revolution on the American conscience. The United States Since 1865
is a record not only of political and economic events, but of
social and cultural developments as well. New directions in
literature and the arts, the advent of Henry Ford's Model-T and
pioneer motion picture theaters, the cultural elan brought to the
White House during the Kennedy years these too contributed to the
making of modern America. Written for the general reader as well as
the student of American history, this authoritative work along with
its companion volume, The United States to 1865 provides a highly
readable and thoroughly up-to-date reassessment of America's
heritage to her citizens and to the world.
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