Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War [Paperback]

Bill Whittle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2004

From the pages of Eject! Eject! Eject!, one of the most influential of the new-media weblogs -- or "blogs" -- comes a book of essays that captures the American heartbeat. SILENT AMERICA: ESSAYS FROM A DEMOCRACY AT WAR has been read by hundreds of thousands of people online. Now you can own the collection that has been called "required reading for every high school and college in America." HONOR. EMPIRE. STRENGTH. MAGIC. HISTORY. FREEDOM... fourteen powerful essays on the American spirit. Join the thousands who have laughed, and cried, and who have found in SILENT AMERICA the words they have been searching for to describe the wonder and pride they feel for America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Aurora Aerospace, Inc (November 11, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976405903
• ISBN-13: 978-0976405900
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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93 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Eloquent Voice of the Red States, December 20, 2004

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Kevin Baker (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War (Paperback)

Bill Whittle entitled his collection of essays "Silent America" because his is the eloquent voice not normally heard in the media. His voice is not shrill or complaining, cajoling nor insistent, critical or angry. His is the voice of those people - still a majority in this country - who get up each morning and go to work believing in the goodness and dignity of our nation and ourselves. His is the voice of people who work two jobs when necessary, rather than take "charity" - but who will give their last dollar so that another's children won't go hungry. His is the voice of the people tired of hearing about how bad things are, and how we must give up our dreams and live in some dreary collective because we're just not realists.

Bill IS a realist, of the finest stripe, and by far the best living essayist I have ever read. The man is an ARTIST with words, painting beautiful vistas, carving soul-rending sculptures, and casting evil in frozen bronze for all to see and RECOGNIZE. And through it all, he shines a brilliant light, the one I believe our Founders saw when they sat down to build this nation, on the lies and defeatism of those who claim to love our country, but do their best to tear it down from the inside with envy and worry, self-doubt and self-loathing.

If you consider yourself a "Red-Stater," you should read this book and remind yourself of why you believe the things you believe. If you're a "Blue-Stater" you should read this book to try and understand why you're just not reaching us. And, just perhaps, you'll rediscover that America is, while not perfect, still the greatest nation this world has yet seen.

Bill can show you that.

52 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silent America speaks volumes, December 18, 2004

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Greg Neuman "Greg" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War (Paperback)

Bill Whittle's "Silent America" is a must-read for those who believe in the power of liberty and the strength of the American spirit. In no other work will you find the viewpoint of this nation's "intelligent non-intellectuals" stated so reasonably and eloquently; Whittle is, with no exaggeration, the Mark Twain of post-9/11 America.

"Silent America" is also a stinging refutation to the defeatist anti-Americanism of authors such as Moore, Chomsky, and Vidal. They would do well to read this book for a better understanding of why their work still doesn't find traction within the mainstream population of the US.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War, December 21, 2004

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Greg R. Snyder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War (Paperback)

Bill Whittle may have the clearest vision of both the future and the past of anyone in America. I have read many of his essays from his website, but this compilation puts them all into one book you can take with you anywhere. If you don't break down and cry at least once each essay, you aren't a thinking person, if you don't recognize the importance of supporting our Constitution and country after any three essays, you may have a learning disability! If you believe in the American way of life, you will definitely consider this book a keeper!