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What I Saw in America
“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)
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Total running time: 9:54:58
Read by Ray Clare
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- Section 01 – Chapter 01 – Part 1 – What is America – 00:19:00
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - Section 02 – Chapter 01 – Part 2 – What is America – 00:16:45
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - Section 03 – Chapter 02 – Part 1 – A Meditation in a New York Hotel – 00:14:50
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[ogg vorbis - 9.52MB] - Section 04 – Chapter 02 – Part 2 – A Meditation in a New York Hotel – 00:14:02
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[ogg vorbis - 9.21MB] - Section 05 – Chapter 03 – Part 1 – A Meditation in Broadway – 00:15:54
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - Section 06 – Chapter 03 – Part 2 – Medidation in Broadway – 00:11:38
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[ogg vorbis - 7.41MB] - Section 07 – Chapter 04 – Part 1- Irish and Other Interviewers – 00:15:53
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - Section 08 – Chapter 04 – Part 2 – Irish and Other Interviewers – 00:15:56
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 09 – Chapter 05 – Part 1 – Some American Cities – 00:17:24
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 10 – Chapter 05 – Part 2 – Some American Cities – 00:15:04
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[ogg vorbis - 9.54MB] - Section 11 – Chapter 06 – Part 1 – In the American Country – 00:17:08
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 12 – Chapter 06 – Part 2 – In the American Country – 00:16:09
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - Section 13 – Chapter 07 – Part 1 – The American Business Man – 00:16:37
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 14 – Chapter 07 – Part 2 – The American Business Man – 00:15:45
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - Section 15 – Chapter 07 – Part 3 – The American Business Man – 00:13:24
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[ogg vorbis - 8.68MB] - Section 16 – Chapter 08 – Part 1 – Presidents and Problems – 00:12:26
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[ogg vorbis - 8.03MB] - Section 17 – Chapter 08 – Part 2 – Presidents and Problems – 00:14:58
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[ogg vorbis - 9.63MB] - Section 18 – Chapter 08 – Part 3 – Presidents and Problems – 00:19:49
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - Section 19 – Chapter 09 – Part 1 – Prohibition in Fact and Fancy – 00:16:05
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 20 – Chapter 09 – Part 2 – Prohibition in Fact and Fancy – 00:18:49
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - Section 21 – Chapter 10 – Part 1 – Fads and Public Opinions – 00:17:54
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - Section 20 – Chapter 10 – Part 2 – Fads and Public Opinion – 00:18:25
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 23 – Chapter 11 – The Extraordinary American – 00:22:45
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - Section 24 – Chapter 12 – The Republican in the Ruins – 00:25:30
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[ogg vorbis - 15MB] - Section 25 – Chapter 13 – Is the Atlantic Narrowing? – 00:25:43
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[ogg vorbis - 15MB] - Section 26 – Chapter 14 – Lincoln and Lost Causes – 00:23:27
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[ogg vorbis - 16MB] - Section 27 – Chapter 15 – Part 1 – Wells and the World State – 00:18:04
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - Section 28 – Chapter 15 – Part 2 – Wells and the World State – 00:18:53
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - Section 29 – Chapter 16 – A New Martin Chuzzlewit – 00:26:30
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - Section 39 – Chapter 17 – The Spirit of America – 00:25:33
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[ogg vorbis - 15MB] - Section 31 – Chapter 18 – The Spirit of England – 00:27:32
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[ogg vorbis - 18MB] - Section 32 – Chapter 19 – The Future of Democracy – 00:27:06
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Cataloged on June 08, 2009
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