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This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage

This Land Is Your Land

A Road Trip Through U.s. History

Beverly Gage

Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · Forthcoming

Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.

Social HistoryU.S. HistoryRoadside Attractions
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Who it’s for
Beverly Gage visits places where Americans learn about and argue over the past.
Themes
American history and national memory, Liberty and equality in practice, National successes and challenges
Genres
U.S. History, Roadside Attractions, Social History

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About this book

Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our history.

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From the birth of the nation in Philadelphia to Disneyland and the California dream, This Land Is Your Land offers a guided tour of thirteen places and thirteen key moments that define America’s greatest successes and challenges. The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document that proclaimed the liberty and equality of all human beings, but produced a country that often failed to agree upon—or live up to—those ideals. This Land Is Your Land is for everyone who wants to find that history—to experience it and confront it, to celebrate it and condemn it—in the places where it happened. Gage shows that Americans can face their past and still love their country. Toss the book in the back seat—or listen on audio with the windows down—and join the journey.

History on the Road

Beverly Gage visits places where Americans learn about and argue over the past.

Come here for

  • Thirteen places, from Philadelphia to Disneyland
  • Museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops

Expect

  • A guided tour through thirteen places and key moments
  • American ideals alongside the country’s failures to uphold them

Where it sits

U.S. History64%
Social History39%
Roadside Attractions29%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • U.S. State & Local History
  • National Government
  • Travel in the United States
Authors
Beverly Gage
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
Forthcoming
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
American history and national memory · Liberty and equality in practice · National successes and challenges
Reading lane
U.S. State & Local History