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Without a doubt the best book I've read in 20 years. Were I to teach a course on America the texts would be The Metaphysical Club, Rising Tide, and Paris 1919. These 3 books will give you a perspective on how and why America is what it is today.
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Louis Menand
jwoodward, December 6, 2006
Without a doubt the best book I've read in 20 years. Were I to teach a course on America the texts would be The Metaphysical Club, Rising Tide, and Paris 1919. These 3 books will give you a perspective on how and why America is what it is today.(8 of 14 readers found this comment helpful)