All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches each expecting a stylish gathering

each expecting a stylish gathering put on by a mysterious host

and political power

leaves home

Crushed and confused

and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center

All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches each expecting a stylish gatheringWhat does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? This sweeping history of the United States told through fifteen speeches relives the battle over American identity, from a New York Times bestselling author and one of President Barack Obama's former speechwriters. "At a time of moral and political drift, Ben Rhodes reminds us what American greatness actually sounds like, and what it means." Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies For 250 years, we