[iowamark]

Take the Survey

The list is remarkable for the recent lefty books and the omission of Whittaker Chambers" Witness.

[92nina]

This book is at least partially legit because Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is on it. Although I make a small deduction because The Fountainhead is not also included.

[Cincinatus]

Carl Sagan? Cesar Chavez?? What a crock!

I took the survey -- I was disappointed that they did not give us an opportunity to tell them which of their selections should NOT have been on the list.

[Old Sarge]

What about “Rules For Radicals”?

What about “Das Kapital”?

What about “Dreams of my Fathers”?

[grobdriver]

Benjamin Spock, "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" (1946)
Dr. Spock’s guidebook turned common wisdom about child-rearing on its head. Spock argued that babies did not have to be on a rigid schedule, that children should be treated with a great deal of affection, and that parents should use their own common sense when making child-rearing decisions. Millions of parents worldwide have followed his advice.

If one could go back in time and prevent an act, this one would do the most good for America.
Spock fathered a generation which begat a generation that begat a generation that we now find running our world, to the detriment of everyone, and even Spock acknowledges it now.
Each generation became more narcissistic, me-center, and leftist (yes, of course there were exceptions).

Kinda like some kid remarking on a forest fire that threatens to consume a state, "Yeah - I shouldn't have thrown that match down".

[deadrock]

Why isn’t Edgar Poe on the list? Tops in the short story genre. The Raven? C’mon.

[StonyBurk]

Witness—Yes and I find no mention of Blackstones Commentaries, nor Locke -Treatese , Nor Montesquieu?

[zeugma]

Any list of “books that shaped America” that does not include the King James Bible is simply missing a massive segment of American history.