{"product_id":"9781597311632","title":"A Short Story Of American Destiny (1909-2009)","description":"In 1909, the Champlain and Hudson Valleys-and America and the world along with them-celebrated the 300th anniversary of European \"discovery\"\u003cbr\u003eof these regions. Marking America's entry onto the world stage, the 1909\u003cbr\u003ecommemorations' parades, pageants, speeches and other spectacles prophetically mapped the nation's 20th century course toward empire.\u003cbr\u003eIn the same year, the Austrian esoteric teacher Rudolf Steiner prophetically envisioned a very different American and world destiny, one whose culmination comes in 2009, the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain and Henry\u003cbr\u003eHudson's fateful landings.\u003cbr\u003eFocusing its historical gaze on Burlington, Vermont and Manhattan, A Short\u003cbr\u003eStory of American Destiny, 1909-2009 is an unsettling, surprising look at a small set of past events with profound implications for our present moment.\u003cp\u003eAuthor of Across the Great Border Fault: The Naturalist Myth in America and Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental\u003cbr\u003eKnowledge, Dr. Kevin Dann teaches in the History Department at State\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of New York, Plattsburgh.\u003cbr\u003eSan Rafael, California\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophia Perennis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041233977584,"sku":"9781597311632","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597311632_p0.jpg?v=1763809037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597311632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}