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In the era that Andrew Jackson was president, this governmental experiment that the newly formed United States had recently put into place had the world’s attention. How long could it last? The ideals and culture were a marvel. In this historical docudrama, we get a firsthand glimpse of what life was like. Taken from the writings of a Frenchman who visited the young America, he noted the various fads, trends, and social climate.
Originally published in periodicals of the day, compiled into a book, we now have this dramatic enactment to see how our crazy ancestors lived almost 200 years ago.
The amazement of this foreigner might well be our own amazement to take in how people felt, acted, and about their fashion of clothing, and just plain daily outlook on life. What was important to them? What was cool, the in thing, what was passed?
