This Noble Land: My Vision For America Audiobook (Free)

In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener demonstrated over and over that his knowledge of and like for his country was unmatched. This Noble Property is usually Michener’s most personal statement about America, an study of the problems that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation-racial discord, the widening gulf between wealthy and poor, the decrease of education, the inadequacies of our health care system-as well as a thought-provoking concerning this Noble Land: My Eyesight For America prescription for sustaining our “excellent achievement.” Infused with the intelligence and interest of a lifetime, This Noble Land stands as a wake-up call for a troubled era.

Praise for This Noble Land

“A book-length essay on the frequently worrying, frequently inspiring course of America in the nine years of Michener’s lifestyle.”-The Washington Post

“Michener is interested in fixing the problems than in fixing the blame.”-The Dallas Morning News

“Michener’s will be the seaside books that, unlike almost every other seaside books, leave you smarter than you had been when you began reading. Each delivers the merchandise of all that analysis, doled out to the reader at just the proper rate. You understand right away who the criminals are-the petty types, the stingy ones. The heroes are nice and energetic and wise and, above all, unprejudiced. The real-life villains within this Noble Land will be the people Michener perceives as ‘petty, mean and vengeful.’”-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Stirring . an admirable effort to define what has made our nation great and how exactly to preserve what is best about it.”-Kirkus Reviews