Looking For My Country: Finding Myself in America

Respected journalist Robert MacNeil did not receive a personal response from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he wrote to him in 1942 as an eleven-year-old boy living in Nova Scotia. He did, however, receive a personal letter and a large gift from the American consul. This gesture of generosity is the departure point for MacNeil's exploration of nationality, loyalty, and one of the reasons he eventually became an American citizen in 1997. Born in Canada and witness to many pivotal moments in history as a journalist in England and America, MacNeil's memoir integrates historical events from the past seventy years with his own personal story to provide an intimate glance at one man who became inseparably connected with America and her people. With a reporter's sharp analysis and an autobiographer's introspection, Looking for My Country delivers a story that is both touching and thought-provoking.
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PRAISE FOR LOOKING FOR MY COUNTRY

“An unassuming, nicely qualified valentine to [MacNeil’s] adopted

country, a book that feels Canadian in tone and like a NewYorker’s in

spirit.Which makes perhaps the best argument . . . that there are, after

all, many ways to be American.”—NEWSDAY