1,000 Things to Love About America

1,000 REASONS TO LOVE AMERICA is a joyful celebration of a nation that the Pilgrims called "a shining city upon a hill" and that Lincoln called "the last, best hope of mankind." The four journalists who wrote 1,000 YEARS, 1,000 PEOPLE now team up again to pay unabashed tribute to the greatness of our country, but in a fun, informative and never soppy way. In the continuing aftermath of 9/11, the war, and the recession, and with all the soul-searching these events have forced on Americans, this book is bound to buoy the patriotic spirits. The entries include a broad mix of American concepts, institutions, inventions, historical documents, social trends, cultural icons, geographical wonders and consumer products. They range from the Constitution and Mount Rushmore to backyard decks and Internet shopping, from baseball and poker to Ultimate Frisbee and the Superbowl, from the Fifth Amendment and Freedom of the Press to Hollywood Sirens and Sesame Street.
Pithy, accessible, illuminating and always entertaining, 1,000 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT AMERICA serves as an unapologetic assertion that the U.S.A. is an amazing place -- and highlights both history and obscure trivia along the way.