
The American Dream: Walking In The Shoes Of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, And Christian Believers
For some, the American Dream is a pre-fab house in the suburbs with 2.5 kids and a two-week vacation at the end of the year. To others, it is working a push fruit cart in Oakland in order to put food on the family's table in Oaxaca. In The American Dream Harmon Leon draws upon his experiences of adopting personas and disguises to infiltrate the various institutions of everyday life, living among a...
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Nation Books (September 23, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1568583524
ISBN-13: 978-1568583525
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 5171820
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“Harmon Leon is one of my favorite storytellers -- he sparkles and his timing is perfect on paper and in person. He takes you into places most fear to tread and does it with insight and wit. I love laugh-out-loud journos and this is that....”
diverse range of subcultures and learning first hand how they see their vision and utopia. His incursions include working as a marijuana farmer in a hippie commune in Northern California; becoming a carnie in rural Indiana; visiting a tourist attraction in Mexico (that allows people to simulate illegally crossing the border); venturing to Hollywood while trying to climb the ranks in the star-making machine; and working in the strawberries fields of California with newly arrived immigrants. The American Dream is a funny, satirical, and ultimately poignant take on what it means to be an American today.
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