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Title: The Day America Told the Truth by James Patterson, Peter Kim ISBN: 0-452-26808-7 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: June, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Good Snapshot of Time
Comment: It has been over a decade since the authors captured this snapshot of American thoughts and attitudes, and after rediscovering this book at the library I was curious whether all of the "revelations" identified in the book have held up. What struck me the most was how fleeting many of the attitudes identified were (and are), which are outside of the core ways we define ourselves - morality, values, and private lives. A re-read of this book makes me wonder whether there were some flaws in the initial data gathering which "dates" the results (such as Ch 32 which focus' on Japan vs. America), or the book truly reflects our preoccupation with the current issues of the time (such as Ch 15 Violence in America).

With these thoughts, and since this book predates a multitude of changes in the 90's through today (crime rate reduction, Clinton years, deficit reduction, and of course 9/11), revelations such as "Does America have moral leadership?", "Are the Japanese superior to Americans?", and "Do we still see ourselves as Number 1?" appear to ring somewhat hollow as concerns of today - but maybe they have not fully gone away. The book retains its currency because, even in the midst of the changes which occurred in the last decade, the thoughts and attitudes in the book represent the foundation upon which today's attitudes and values derive. It remains fascinating reading, and leads the reader to examine his own core values and how they may have changes with time.

Rating: 5
Summary: "The day Americal Told the Truth
Comment: I have a wonderful time with this book. I got mine, per the Oprah Winfrey shows discussion of it, and found the book to not only be informative, on the nature of the human animal, but to provide many insights into people's behavior. It discusses the inner most workings of people minds, hopes, belief systems, in it are tests you can take, about how moral, or "good" or truthful, or honest you and your friends are.

Some of the contents are rated X, as far as some "confessions" of the interviewees, and vary from adultery, to beastiality. Not for the faint. The geographic nature of the book breaks the United states into segments, and gives an interesting picture to how the people in the "Bible Belt" relate to the world around them differently than say the people in the "Pac Rim".

This book also works as an Ice breaker, party mixer, truth or dare game provoker, and jumps starts idle conversations. I have become more out going and find the fascinations people have about this books contents leads to hours of fun, and interesting exchanges of ideas.I highly recommend it for Tea parties, Socials, and other multi-personal events. Hours of enjoyable reading, discovering some of the humorous to darker secrets of our fellow "John Q. Public" A terrific read.