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And The Pursuit Of Happiness
Maira Kalman
Penguin
October 2010
On Sale: October 14, 2010
480 pages
ISBN: 1594202672
EAN: 9781594202674
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
With her trademark style, wit, sensitivity, and spontaneity,
Maira Kalman guides a whirlwind tour of American democracy. And the Pursuit of Happiness is beloved artist and author
Maira Kalman's yearlong investigation of democracy and how
it works. Energized and inspired by the 2008 elections, on
inauguration day Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C.,
launching a national tour that would take her from a town
hall meeting in Newfane, Vermont, to the inner chambers of
the Supreme Court. As we follow Kalman's wholly idiosyncratic journey, we fall
in love with Lincoln alongside her as she imagines making a
home for herself in the center of his magisterial memorial;
ponder Alexis de Tocqueville's America; witness the inner
workings of a Bronx middle-school student council; take a
high-speed lesson in great American women in the National
Portrait Gallery; and consider the cost of war to the brave
American service families of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The
observations she makes as she travels charm and inform,
and-as we have come to expect with Kalman-the route is
always one of fascinating indirection. Kalman finds evidence of democracy at work all around us.
And the cast of characters we meet along the way is rousing
good company, featuring visits from Benjamin Franklin,
Eleanor Roosevelt, and many others. And the Pursuit of
Happiness is a remarkable tribute to our history and a
powerful reminder of the potential our future holds, from a
true national treasure.
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