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In footsteps of Tocqueville, Bernard-Henri Levy sees USA from French point-of-view [audio 54min]

Travel writer Rick Steves meets French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, a household name in his home country, where they simply call him"BHL." During the height of recent tensions between political factions in the US and"old Europe," BHL traveled across America, to such places as Savannah, Cooperstown New York, and Mount Rushmore. He met with average Americans of all types, and wrote a book about the country's cultural identity, patriotism, and the creed that holds the US together as a nation: American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville. His assertions may surprise you.
Read entire article at "Travel with Rick Steves" Program 45