The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was Lost
by Bill Bonner and Pierre Lemieux
What is America?
In this second, augmented edition of The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was Lost, visionaries William Bonner and Pierre Lemieux tackle these timeless questions with a refreshingly unique approach. Bonner and Lemieux carefully chose each of the written works included in this striking anthology to spark imagination, thought, and debate. Readers are invited to reexamine long accepted notions of what America is and what it means to be an American.
Each of the selections—some well-known classics and others the thoughts of less conventional thinkers—builds on the next, engaging readers in an exploration of concepts that are fundamental to our view of who we are. No stone is left unturned as subjects ranging from individual liberty to religion and self-reliance are covered through the words of some of the most creative thinkers ever to put pen to paper.
This arresting collection contains one of the most unique mixes of works ever to be compiled. From the documents that gave birth to America—the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights—to the insightful reflections from the always delightful H.L. Mencken on the American character and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s classic words on individual and religious self-reliance. The Idea of America: What it Was and How It Was Lost is a true celebration of the spirit that is America.
Meet the Authors
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Bill Bonner
Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries. A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America's most respected authorities. Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally, and recently updated. With political journalist Lila Rajiva, he wrote his third New York Times best-selling book, Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, which offers concrete advice on how to avoid the public spectacle of modern finance. Since 1999, Bill has been a daily contributor and the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning. Dice Have No Memory: Big Bets & Bad Economics from Paris to the Pampas, the new book from Bill Bonner, is now available for purchase. It is the definitive compendium of Bill’s daily reckonings from more than a decade: 1999-2010.
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Pierre Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux, economist, author, professor, and consultant, Pierre Lemieux is Senior Fellow at the Montreal Economic Institute. He holds a Research Fellow Position at The Independent Institute in Oakland, California and is affiliated with the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Quebec in Outaouais.
Lemieux, a frequent contributor to the National Post, has been published in Paris and Montreal and translated into various languages. His most recent work is Somebody in Charge: A Solution for Recessions (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011), which speaks to his focus on individual liberty. Lemieux currently lives in Maine. He maintains websites at pierrelemieux.org and pierrelemieux.com.
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