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The American Dream: Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers Paperback - 2008
by Harmon Leon
Leon draws upon his experiences of adopting personas and disguises to infiltrate the various institutions of everyday life, which he chronicles in this work that is a funny, satirical, and ultimately poignant take on what it means to be an American today.
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- Title The American Dream: Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers
- Author Harmon Leon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bold Type Books
- Date 2008-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781568583525 / 1568583524
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Civilization - 1970-, Popular culture - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008023160
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.097
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US: Nation Books, 2008. Very Good. For some, the American Dream is a pre-fab house in the suburbs with 2.5 kid s and a two-week vacation at the end of the year. To others, it is working a push fruit cart in Oakland in order to put food on the family's table in Oaxaca. In The American Dream Harmon Leon draws upon his experiences of ado pting personas and disguises to infiltrate the various institutions of ever yday life, living among a diverse range of subcultures and learning first h and how they see their vision and utopia. His incursions include working as a marijuana farmer in a hippie commune in Northern California; becoming a carnie in rural Indiana; visiting a tourist attraction in Mexico (that allo ws people to simulate illegally crossing the border); venturing to Hollywoo d while trying to climb the ranks in the star-making machine; and working i n the strawberries fields of California with newly arrived immigrants. The American Dream is a funny, satirical, and ultimately poignant take on…
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