What I Saw in America

by G. K. Chesterton

32 chapters9h 54mEnglish1922

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“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.” (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

Chapters (32)

1Chapter 01 Part 1 What is America

1140

2Chapter 01 Part 2 What is America

1005

3Chapter 02 Part 1 Medidation in a New York Hotel

890

4Chapter 02 Part 2 Medidation in a New York Hotel

842

5Chapter 03 Part 1 A Meditation in Broadway

954

6Chapter 03 Part 2 A Meditation in Broadway

698

7Chapter 04 Part 1 Irish and Other Interviewers

953

8Chapter 04 Part 2 Irish and Other Interviewers

956

9Chapter 05 Part 1 Some American Cities

1044

10Chapter 05 Part 2 Some American Cities

904

11Chapter 06 Part 1 In the American Country

1028

12Chapter 06 Part 2 In the American Country

969

13Chapter 07 Part 1 The American Business Man

997

14Chapter 07 Part 2 The American Business Man

945

15Chapter 07 Part 3 The American Business Man

804

16Chapter 08 Part 1 Presidents and Problems

746

17Chapter 08 Part 2 Presidents and Problems

898

18Chapter 08 Part 3 Presidents and Problems

1189

19Chapter 09 Part 1 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy

965

20Chapter 09 Part 2 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy

1129

21Chapter 10 Part 1 Fads and Public Opinion

1074

22Chapter 10 Part 2 Fads and Public Opinion

1105

23Chapter 11 The Extraordinary American

1365

24Chapter 12 The Republican in the Ruins

1530

25Chapter 13 Is the Atlantic Narrowing?

1543

26Chapter 14 Lincoln and Lost Causes

1407

27Chapter 15 Part 1 Wells and the World State

1084

28Chapter 15 Part 2 Wells and the World State

1133

29Chapter 16 A New Martin Chuzzlewit

1590

30Chapter 17 The Spirit of America

1533

31Chapter 18 The Spirit of England

1652

32Chapter 19 The Future of Democracy

1626

What I Saw in America

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