Homage to Americans: Mile-High Meditations, Close Readings, and Time-Spanning Speculations

Collection: Social Animal, Political Animal

Genre: NONFICTION > Lectures/Speeches

Homage to Americans: Mile-High Meditations, Close Readings, and Time-Spanning Speculations

Eva T. H. Brann

Role: Author

Written by the 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

Homage to Americans is a collection of essays and lectures where Eva Brann explores the roots and essence of our American ways. From reflections on the quotidian delays of travel, examinations of famous political documents or historical events, and a lecture at the Air Force Academy, Brann considers questions about our being, our self-understanding as American, our obedience to a country dedicated to liberty, and about the human type she sees inherent in the American Character.