The American Future    1. The American Future   2. by Simon
Schama; read by Peter Marinker   3. Find this on the Guardian
bookshop  In this elegantly written history, Schama elucidates
America's present and the "end of plenty" through an examination
of her past. With the destruction of the Native Americans
likened to 20th-century ethnic cleansing, this is in no way a
whitewash. The tragic irony in Thomas Jefferson's vision of a
peaceful nation is all too clear.  Today's best video  Today in
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