Book Forum # *One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation* ##### Watch the Event [Get Flash](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer) to see this player. Embed this video on your web site: [![tv](/images/icons/tv.gif)](/realaudio/cbf-07-24-08.ram) [Watch the Event in Real Video](/realaudio/cbf-07-24-08.ram) [![ipod](/images/icons/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cbfa-07-24-08.mp3)[Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cbfa-07-24-08.mp3) Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time July 24, 2008 12 - 1 PM EDT Location 1st floor/Wintergarden Share This Event ##### Featuring Featuring the author, **George F. Will**, with an introduction by **Edward H. Crane**, President, Cato Institute. In his provocative and compelling new book, George Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events that make the American drama so endlessly entertaining and instructive. With Will�s signature intellect and wry wit, *One Man�s America* chronicles a spectacular, eclectic procession of figures who have shaped our culture — from *Playboy* founder Hugh Hefner to *National Review* founder William F. Buckley Jr., from Victorian poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, from cotton picker�turned�country singer Buck Owens to actor-turned-president Ronald Reagan. In addition, Will crisscrosses the country to illuminate what it is that makes America distinctive �- visits that include the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor; the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson; Civil War battlefields, and much more. And of course, *One Man�s America* would not be complete without Will�s insights on baseball ‑� the icons and the cheats, the hapless and the greats. Finally, in a personal and reflective turn, Will writes movingly of his thirty-five-year-old son Jon, born with Down syndrome, and pays loving and poignant tribute to his mother, who died at the age of ninety-eight after a long struggle with dementia. [Buy This Book On Ama​zon​.com](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307407861/?tag=catoinstitute-20) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).