Author: Lance Johnson
Publisher: A to Z Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-468172362

“In 1970, one in twenty Americans was from a foreign country; today, one in nine,” world-traveled author Lance Johnson writes in the beginning of his book, What Foreigners Need to Know About America From A to Z – How to Understand Crazy American Culture, People, Government, Business, Language and More.

This volume expands five hundred and ninety-two pages in its paperback format that is available through Amazon.com in eight countries besides the United States. Several small but clear photographs are among its many chapters, along with charts, bullet points, hints and forms. In addition to four main sections that have chapter titles based on the alphabet but confusingly do not correlate with the letter, there is a fifteen page appendix which includes a one hundred question U.S. history government quiz and a twenty-three page extensive index.

Before the start of the sections, author Johnson touts the manual was written after visiting forty-nine states in America and eighty-one countries which he describes in the ten pages, complete with photographs of him at different destinations. The four sections are divided into America’s heritage, culture, business and language with each section expounding on subtitles and then further topic breakdowns.

For example, the section on culture uses the letter H through T, covering almost two hundred and fifty pages with sub-topics listed as customs and etiquette, education, relationships, literature, film, art, sports, food and dining, dress and appearance, media, holidays and traditions, what Americans think and what foreigners think about America. Under the detailed breakdown of a sub-topic such as dress and appearance are dressing tips for foreigners, dressing styles, magazines, clothing sizes and foreign heritage designers.

With that minutiae stated, one can read about the white or blue collar worker, our factory outlet malls, what loafers are, GQ being the ultimate men’s magazine, the comparison sizes of men and women’s clothing between America verses Asia, Europe and the U.K. or what our First Lady, Michelle Obama, prefers to wear and the clothing’s designer.

Thus, a foreigner or even an American citizen can learn a brief synopsis about anything from Rhode Island having thirty-eight senators and seventy-five state representatives with no term limits, Southerners placing less emphasis on the clock or Georgia O’Keefe’s Shell painting, to Toyota’s organizational problem in the U.S., twenty five of the most frequently used adjectives or sixteen good speaking tips.

Johnson must have taken decades to compile such intricacies and details as he accumulated data and information during his numerous adventures around the globe. With this easy to read but way too much information given at a time, this simple yet plethora of material boggles the mind. Flip nonchalantly through the pages and one will be amazed what is gleaned and hopefully retained for any foreigner or ourselves to better understand America’s country, culture, people and language.

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