Around the World in More Than 80 Da..., Larry Alex Taunton
Around the World in More Than 80 Da..., Larry Alex Taunton
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Around the World in (More Than) 80 Days
Discovering What Makes America Great and Why We Must Fight to Save It

Author: Larry Alex Taunton

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Kalorama

Published: 12/08/2020

Synopsis

A battle rages for the heart and soul of America. For one group, the idea of "American Exceptionalism" is dead. Some never tire of lecturing us about how out-of-step America is with the rest of the world and how she needs to get with it. Worse, America, they say, is bad for the world. Her freedom and prosperity are merely historical accidents.

Of course, this narrative presupposes there are better places in the world to live. Are there? Were Alec Baldwin to leave the country permanently as he once promised, where would he go?

About Larry Alex Taunton

Larry Alex Taunton is a freelance columnist with contributions to USA Today, Fox News, First Things, the Atlantic, CNN, and the American Spectator. He is also the author of The Grace Effect and The Gospel Coalition Book of the Year The Faith of Christopher Hitchens.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl

In this engaging and thought-provoking political travel memoir, author, columnist, and cultural commentator Larry Alex Taunton seeks to answer the question: is America truly great when measured against the rest of the world? To answer this question--and others related to it--he and his son Zachary tr......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

This is a unique book in many ways. It combines personal experience and reflection with very good history and does a broad survey not only of history in many of the most shaping nations of earth but also addresses the current issues they are facing. Most of this I new and was aware of and several of......more

Goodreads review by Chris

An argument in support of American Exceptionalism I have largely avoided non-fiction books with some kind of ideological or political axe to grind for a few years now, but I really enjoyed this one. Why? Because I am not a moral relativist. While it is true that one cannot judge one's own country wit......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

READ THIS BOOK! Mr. Taunton is currently my favorite author. This is the third book of his I have read. It is admittedly a dark time in our nation's history. Mr. Taunton gives me hope, not in politics or other secular means of saving our country from the dark forces which assail it, but hope in the......more

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