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The Greater America: An Epic Journey Through a Vibrant New Country Paperback – April 25, 2017

by Ralph D. Paine (Author), Daniel Ford (Author)
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'To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her future.' That was the reaction in 1907 when Ralph Paine published his dispatches from a 15,000-mile circuit around and through a West that was fast losing its wildness.

He talked to homesteaders in sod huts, to the people building towns and laying railroads across the empty prairie, to "cow punchers" making a last roundup on the once-open range, to lumberjacks who scorned any tree less than six feet through, to prospectors and sailors and confidence tricksters. He rode trains and horses, a pilot schooner, a stage coach, and a desert jalopy, taking copious notes wherever he found himself. The result, in the words of another admirer, was 'A book to make a man hold his head high, to step high, to throw out his chest.'

That was important in 1907, when the United States was suffering growing pains, with a president who believed in American greatness while the "muck rakers" ranted about the evils of capitalism as seen from New York and Washington. All this will seem very familiar to Americans in 2017.

Paine's classic has now been edited and brought up to date by Daniel Ford, a prize-winning historian and author.

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    April 25, 2017
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"Mr. Paine has ... has put into his book the very spirit of energy and enthusiasm and confidence and ambition and kindliness which fills the vast miles to the west of New York" - New York Times

"A book to make a man hold his head high, to step high, to throw out his chest" - Cleveland Leader

"A revelation to many people who realize nothing of the vast movements in the West in recent years" - Philadelphia Press

"A wholesome, inspiring book" - Albany Evening Journal

"Here is laid forth our real country, real men and women, our real wealth and powers" - Outing Magazine

"To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her future" - American Academy of Political & Social Science

These reviews refer to the 2017 edited and annotated edition of The Greater America: An Epic Journey Through a Vibrant New Country, ISBN 1544938306

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I married Ralph Paine's granddaughter, and as a fond bridegroom sat down to reach each of his forty-three books, in chronological order. The Greater America was far and away my favorite. Sally and I tried to find a publisher willing to reprint it, without success. How many copies would it sell, after all? But in 2017, with the ease of paperback and digital publishing, and with a president who promised to Make America Great Again, seems the perfect time for this wonderful piece of journalism to be read again. 

Here indeed was a greater America! Homesteaders farmed 160-acre plots of the North Dakota prairie, while living in sod huts. The railroad barons pushed steel tracks and built instant towns to store and move and profit from the wheat they grew. In Montana, cowboys were witnessing the last days of the open range. Lumbermen were tearing the heart out of the greatest forests on earth, contemptuous of any log less than six feet in diameter. Los Angeles was a "health and pleasure resort" of 200,000 souls. And dust-coated prospectors were still finding gold in the savage reaches of Nevada. 

Probably not many Americans of 2017 would care to live in the conditions of 1907. But we can all admire the courage, resolution, and hardihood of those who built the American West. -- Daniel Ford

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 25, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1544938306
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1544938301
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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