{"product_id":"9780671645618","title":"CITIES ON A HILL","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCITIES ON A HILL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Frances FitzGerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We must consider that we shall be A City Upon a Hill, the eyes of all people upon us,\" John Winthrop told his Pilgrim community crossing the Atlantic to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four centuries later, Americans are still building Cities Upon a Hill. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCities on a Hill\u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winner Frances FitzGerald explores this often eccentric, sometimes prophetic inclination in America. With characteristic wit and insight she examines four radically different communities -- a fundamentalist church, a guru-inspired commune, a Sunbelt retirement city, and a gay activist community -- all embodying this visionary drive to shake the past and build anew. \u003cbr\u003e Frances FitzGerald here gives eloquent voice and definition to a quintessentially American impulse. It is a resonant work of literary imagination and journalistic precision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e An eloquent testament to the crazy vigor of this country, a book that persuades us that it's still the luckiest place to be whatever your stripe...An ambitious work...painstakingly thorough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Brilliantly succeeds in getting inside the minds of these communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Absorbing...extremely thought-provoking, and great fun to read...I could hardly turn the pages fast enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ms. FitzGerald [has] the watchful eye of an anthropologist...writing with lucid sympathy for her subjects...A well-written, well-documented book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780671645618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40886449340622,"sku":"9780671645618","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_48864ef7-4f70-48cb-9797-7e554ace3f50.jpg?v=1644574225","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780671645618","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}