This appealing book treats the genesis of contemporary American taste, tolerance and energy.
In collected essays, it is part cultural history and part odyssey, traveling acRoss recurring themes of the latter twentieth century in prose poetry that draws upon the arts, natural sciences, evolution of the spirit, and the liberty of the American moment to form its own practical philosophy..
The Persistence of Liberty illuminates the idealistic perspective that so many Americans share.
This appealing book treats the genesis of contemporary American taste, tolerance and energy