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“America is a land of wonders,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville nearly 200 years ago. For ten months, beginning in May 1831, the French aristocrat explored the nation, touring the cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia before traveling as far into the frontier as Michigan and as far south as New Orleans. He met with powerful leaders, including Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston, but also everyday citizens, more than 200 Americans in all. Upon his return to France, he recounted his travels in his classic two-volume Democracy in America, which became a sensation in Europe and the United States. De Tocqueville wrote with such incisive clarity about American politics and society that his words are still studied generations later.
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