A Certain Idea of America, Peggy Noonan
A Certain Idea of America, Peggy Noonan
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A Certain Idea of America
Selected Writings

Bestseller

Author: Peggy Noonan

Narrator: Hillary Huber, Peggy Noonan

Unabridged: 12 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/19/2024


Synopsis

From Pulitzer-prize winning Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan, a masterclass in how to see and love America.

For a quarter century, Peggy Noonan has been thinking aloud about America in her much-loved Wall Street Journal column. In this new collection of her essential recent work, Noonan demonstrates the erudition, wisdom and humor that have made her one of America’s most admired writers.

She calls balls and strikes on the political shenanigans of recent leaders and she honors the integrity of great Americans, ranging from Billy Graham to the heroes of 9/11.  A thinker who never allows her tenderness to slip into sentimentality, she writes with clear-eyed urgency about the internal and external dangers facing our republic. She sometimes writes with indignation, but above all she writes with love— and an enduring faith that America can be its best self, that its ideals are worth protecting,  and that beauty and heroism can be found in our neighbors, in our history,  and in ourselves. This book is a celebration of what America has been, is, and can be.

About The Author

Peggy Noonan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal.  She is the author of ten books on American history and culture, including the political classic What I Saw at the Revolution. She was a special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on February 05, 2025

I recently saw Peggy Noonan interviewed in conversation with Leslie Stahl in New York City, and found her well -balanced, patriotic, and sober. Underlying themes of American exceptionalism, doing right, acting like an adult, and service to a higher cause are core to how she views the world. She writ......more

Goodreads review by Steve Lacey on January 05, 2025

A Certain Idea of America Peggy Noonan’s collected of favorite columns is outstanding and that is not the least surprising. It is full of common sense and calls to reclaim expectations that would help us tremendously if followed. Alas, I they won’t be, but if they are to be, we need Peggy’s voice and......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on April 17, 2025

While I take issue with a number of her views, I don’t dismiss them and in many I find myself in total agreement. Her analysis of AI and social media? Spot on. Her analysis of the diminished role of the presidency, I would argue, did not begin with Bill Clinton’s peccadillos, but earlier to LBJ and......more

Goodreads review by Emmet on January 07, 2025

Serious, fun, and exactly as elegant as you'd expect from Peggy Noonan.......more

Goodreads review by Writemoves on January 03, 2025

Peggy Noonan is one of the very few Republicans with whom I feel I could sit down and have a civil conversation about politics, history, and current events. My belief is affirmed after reading her book, A Certain Idea of America: Selected Writings, a collection of recent commentaries on politics, pe......more