The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first course could include a dollop of Italian in 1492, but not Spanish spice or French sauce or too much Indian corn. Nothing too filling or fancy ahead of the turkey and pumpkin pie, just the way Grandma used to cook it.


A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (ed. Henry Holt and Company, 2008) - ISBN: 9781429937733

Tony Horwitz Quotes

The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first...

The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first...

The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first...

The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first...