# What I Saw in America

An audiobook by G. K. Chesterton, read by LibriVox volunteers (9 h 55 min, English).

“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.” (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

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## Chapters

1. Chapter 01 Part 1 What is America (19:00): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_01_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter 01 Part 2 What is America (16:45): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_02_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter 02 Part 1 Medidation in a New York Hotel (14:50): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_03_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter 02 Part 2 Medidation in a New York Hotel (14:02): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_04_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter 03 Part 1 A Meditation in Broadway (15:54): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_05_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter 03 Part 2 A Meditation in Broadway (11:38): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_06_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter 04 Part 1 Irish and Other Interviewers (15:53): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_07_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter 04 Part 2 Irish and Other Interviewers (15:56): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_08_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter 05 Part 1 Some American Cities (17:24): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_09_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter 05 Part 2 Some American Cities (15:04): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_10_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter 06 Part 1 In the American Country (17:08): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_11_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter 06 Part 2 In the American Country (16:09): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_12_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter 07 Part 1 The American Business Man (16:37): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_13_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter 07 Part 2 The American Business Man (15:45): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_14_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter 07 Part 3 The American Business Man (13:24): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_15_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter 08 Part 1 Presidents and Problems (12:26): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_16_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter 08 Part 2 Presidents and Problems (14:58): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_17_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter 08 Part 3 Presidents and Problems (19:49): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_18_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter 09 Part 1 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy (16:05): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_19_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter 09 Part 2 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy (18:49): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_20_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter 10 Part 1 Fads and Public Opinion (17:54): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_21_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
22. Chapter 10 Part 2 Fads and Public Opinion (18:25): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_22_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
23. Chapter 11 The Extraordinary American (22:45): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_23_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
24. Chapter 12 The Republican in the Ruins (25:30): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_24_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
25. Chapter 13 Is the Atlantic Narrowing? (25:43): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_25_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
26. Chapter 14 Lincoln and Lost Causes (23:27): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_26_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
27. Chapter 15 Part 1 Wells and the World State (18:04): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_27_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
28. Chapter 15 Part 2 Wells and the World State (18:53): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_28_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
29. Chapter 16 A New Martin Chuzzlewit (26:30): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_29_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
30. Chapter 17 The Spirit of America (25:33): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_30_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
31. Chapter 18 The Spirit of England (27:32): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_31_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
32. Chapter 19 The Future of Democracy (27:06): https://archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_32_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3