Kirjahaku

This book, originally published in 1967, traces the development of the United States in the twentieth century, paying particular attention to the years after 1917. At the time Dr Adams was already one of the leading British scholars in American studies and had done much to encourage interest in the subject. The book follows two main themes. One traces the change in America's place in the world from a position of isolation, and one suspicion of foreign entanglements, to its present role as leader of the western world. The second is the increasing initiative taken by the Federal Government in improving social conditions and ensuring civil rights for all citizens. There is a wide-ranging introductory chapter covering the period up to 1918, and accounts of the cultural and social background are included.

A country boy who didn't know, before that summer, that he was poor. He gives an account of his early life, one room school house, dirt roads, an eight party phone line and a life filled with farming chores and coal mines. He gets a rare opportunity to step outside his blue color, farming community roots and spend a summer with relatives who had recently moved to upper middle class. This sometimes humorous, sometimes serious adventure is a true account of the "Summer of 55', the events leading up to that time and the events that follow which take him from a "Return to innocences" and into "The coming of ace".