Around the World in (More Than) 80 Days: Discovering What Makes America Great and Why We Must Fight to Save It

Larry Alex Taunton travels around the world and visits twenty-six countries to answer the question, "Is America exceptional?"

A battle rages for the heart and soul of America.

For some, America--imperfect as she is--stands out as an exception in a world wrecked by the triple threat of socialism, globalism, and multiculturalism. For them, America is, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, "the last best hope on earth."

For others, the idea of American exceptionalism is dead. They never tire of lecturing us about how out-of-step America is with the rest of the world and how she needs to get with it. Worse, America, they say, is bad for the world. Her freedom and prosperity are merely historical accidents.

Award-winning author, columnist, and cultural commentator Larry Alex Taunton decided to put that notion to the test by literally going around the world to see how America stacks-up against twenty-six countries. What did he find?

The answer lies at the heart of a winner-take-all contest featuring two very different visions for America.

Praise for Larry Alex Taunton's previous book, The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist

"A literary gem." --David Horowitz, Conservative thinker and bestselling author

"Taunton's smooth and accessible prose brings to life what seems to have been a dear and lively friendship between two thinkers at odds politically and religiously, but not intellectually." --Publishers Weekly

"If atheist activists want to be taken seriously, they must be willing to engage the facts. The fact is that Mr. Taunton has simply said that Hitchens late in life was 'not certain' of his atheism. Unable to tolerate this crack in the atheist facade, Mr. Taunton's critics reacted hysterically." --Wall Street Journal