From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)

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A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan

The first five of Joe Queenan's journeys back into the history of United States after the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620.

"While it's nice to think that America is about life, liberty and exploration, it's also about real estate," says Joe Queenan in the opening episode. 
"That my country should presently be helmed by a rapacious real estate developer should come as no surprise to anyone who has studied the early years of the nation."

From the journey by canoe down the Mississippi by Robert de la Salle in 1682 to the forced relocation of five nations of Native Americans in the 1830s, Queenan recreates key moments from the early history of the United States - a history that is still being fought over today. Other journeys include Vitus Bering crossing the Bering Strait, and Queenan's own journey from coast to coast eating only at the same chain of restaurant.

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A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan.

Ten journeys that built the United States between the landing of the Mayflower in 1620 and the men who went to the Moon.

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