The Not-Quite States of America (Audiobook)

from dreplogle

Author quote from the chapter of Guam: "You cannot write an honest narrative of the United States of America without including the territories as key components. And you cannot write an honest narrative of the territories without feeling acutely uncomfortable about the United States and its conti...

from SamSattler

Doug Mack's The Not-Quite States of America (subtitled: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA) will be a reminder to some that not all of America's citizens live in one of the country's fifty states. To other, perhaps younger, readers, the book will serve as a st...

from thornton37814

This combination travelogue and history presents a fascinating look at territories owned by the United States. Mack took trips to the U.S. Virgin Island, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and Puerto Rico where he commented on the culture and infused it with a bit of the history of the ...

from stevrbee

History, geography and travelogue all rolled into one, The Not-Quite States of America is a fun and informative read on the subject of America's territories. Doug Mack travels to each of the five American territories, and gives you a taste of what makes each one unique, and what the territories h...

from JBD1

Journalist Doug Mack visits American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the USVI, and the Northern Mariana Islands, providing brief histories of each as American territory (and American "territorialism" generally) and personal accounts of his visits with a range of different folks in each place. Badly-tim...