What I Saw in America

G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

“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)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 01 Part 1 What is America Ray Clare
00:19:00
Play 02 Chapter 01 Part 2 What is America Ray Clare
00:16:45
Play 03 Chapter 02 Part 1 Medidation in a New York Hotel Ray Clare
00:14:50
Play 04 Chapter 02 Part 2 Medidation in a New York Hotel Ray Clare
00:14:02
Play 05 Chapter 03 Part 1 A Meditation in Broadway Ray Clare
00:15:54
Play 06 Chapter 03 Part 2 A Meditation in Broadway Ray Clare
00:11:38
Play 07 Chapter 04 Part 1 Irish and Other Interviewers Ray Clare
00:15:53
Play 08 Chapter 04 Part 2 Irish and Other Interviewers Ray Clare
00:15:56
Play 09 Chapter 05 Part 1 Some American Cities Ray Clare
00:17:24
Play 10 Chapter 05 Part 2 Some American Cities Ray Clare
00:15:04
Play 11 Chapter 06 Part 1 In the American Country Ray Clare
00:17:08
Play 12 Chapter 06 Part 2 In the American Country Ray Clare
00:16:09
Play 13 Chapter 07 Part 1 The American Business Man Ray Clare
00:16:37
Play 14 Chapter 07 Part 2 The American Business Man Ray Clare
00:15:45
Play 15 Chapter 07 Part 3 The American Business Man Ray Clare
00:13:24
Play 16 Chapter 08 Part 1 Presidents and Problems Ray Clare
00:12:26
Play 17 Chapter 08 Part 2 Presidents and Problems Ray Clare
00:14:58
Play 18 Chapter 08 Part 3 Presidents and Problems Ray Clare
00:19:49
Play 19 Chapter 09 Part 1 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy Ray Clare
00:16:05
Play 20 Chapter 09 Part 2 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy Ray Clare
00:18:49
Play 21 Chapter 10 Part 1 Fads and Public Opinion Ray Clare
00:17:54
Play 22 Chapter 10 Part 2 Fads and Public Opinion Ray Clare
00:18:25
Play 23 Chapter 11 The Extraordinary American Ray Clare
00:22:45
Play 24 Chapter 12 The Republican in the Ruins Ray Clare
00:25:30
Play 25 Chapter 13 Is the Atlantic Narrowing? Ray Clare
00:25:43
Play 26 Chapter 14 Lincoln and Lost Causes Ray Clare
00:23:27
Play 27 Chapter 15 Part 1 Wells and the World State Ray Clare
00:18:04
Play 28 Chapter 15 Part 2 Wells and the World State Ray Clare
00:18:53
Play 29 Chapter 16 A New Martin Chuzzlewit Ray Clare
00:26:30
Play 30 Chapter 17 The Spirit of America Ray Clare
00:25:33
Play 31 Chapter 18 The Spirit of England Ray Clare
00:27:32
Play 32 Chapter 19 The Future of Democracy Ray Clare
00:27:06