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  • On the Road

  • Adventures from Nixon to Trump
  • By: James Naughtie
  • Narrated by: James Naughtie
  • Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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On the Road

By: James Naughtie
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Publisher's Summary

James Naughtie, the acclaimed author and BBC broadcaster, now brings his unique and inquisitive eye to the country that has fascinated him and drawn him across the Atlantic for half a century. In looking at America, from Presidents Nixon through to Trump, he’ll tell the story of a country that is grappling with a dream. What has it come to mean in the new century and who do Americans now think they are?

Drawing on his travels and encounters over 40 years in the ‘Land of the Free’, On the Road will be filled with anecdotes, memories, tears and laughter, reflecting Naughtie’s characteristic warmth and enthusiasm in encountering the America of Washington, of Broadway, of the small town and the plains. Naughtie watched the fall of President Richard Nixon in 1974, and subsequently as a journalist followed the story of the country – its politicians, artists, wheeler-dealers and the people who make it what it is, in the New York melting pot or the western deserts. This will be a story filled with encounters, for example with the people he has watched on every presidential campaign from the 1970s to the victory of Donald Trump in 2016.

As the 2020 presidential elections are well underway, Jim sees for himself how the main contenders are campaigning. He sees, also, how POTUS himself is dealing with impeachment proceedings and what the ordinary citizen thinks of it all.

©2020 Jim Naughtie. All rights reserved (P)2020 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved.

Critic Reviews

"Everything you would expect of a James Naughtie book - droll, absorbing and wonderfully perceptive." (Bill Bryson)

"An insightful account of living through momentous times...much to enjoy in Naughtie's astute memoir." (Martin Chilton, Independent)

"A revealing and at times spellbinding tapestry of a nation.... It is thought-provoking, constantly surprising and hugely entertaining. Sublime stuff." (Michael Simkins, Mail on Sunday)

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