This is a book that I bought at where the local author was giving a talk about her book. She has her Phd with emphasis on authoritarian studies--I think that is correct and she has strong feelings about our leadership/government for the last several years. Especially Trump but with plenty of blame for Democratic party as well. She sees our American freedoms going away, she sees climate change that is changing the world we live in, she sees the super-rich--well controlling most things now. Overall maybe a bleak future for the US. This is sort of the reason for the family road trips to see national and state parks. It started before the pandemic but Covid just made it more necessary for her to show her kids America as it is before awful changes come. Can't say that I see her negatives as bad as she does and don't feel any changes would be that awful but the beginning of Trump 2nd term does put her ideas into a little more focus. I have not visited almost any of the places she has mentioned & maybe wish that I had but timing and traveling is hard--our vacations were more toward being with my family. I enjoyed reading this book probably more than the other 2 I have read by her. I have another one that was just before this one that I will have to get to at some point also.
There are 5 WL for this book on PBS but this is a keeper. Local author & one that I saw giving a talk on this book. I didn't wait around afterwards for autograph though, maybe I should have.
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