
New Yorker’s Idea of the United States of America
The first time I visited my future father-in-law’s study I was struck by two things: the enticing collection of history books that filled the shelves (surprising to me, since he was the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of South Dakota and long-time theatre professor – not a historian). The second was what appeared to be a yellowed newspaper clipping, professionally framed, and entitled, The New Yorker’s Idea of the United States of America. The clipping