maybe, maybe not. there is one thing of note: almost every British person, especially any older than 30, has seen Alistair Cooke's America series which was specifically made by an ex-pat Brit to send back home.
In this, they often have a slightly more honest view of Americans than we ourselves do. In particular, the series talks about the Hoovervilles that built up, something I've NEVER heard about in any of my 4 American History classes (including AP history), but which was such (relative) common knowledge in Britain that it became a setting in a Doctor Who episode almost without afterthought.
But yes, the author picked a setting and a year that was of serious significance, and screwed up by not incorporating it. There was not a single town, from a city like NY to the smallest small town in Nebraska, that hadn't already started putting up Red White and Blue ribbons everywhere.
Side note: I actually knew about the Abdication because of a restaurant, the "Prince of Wales Grill" in Coronado (San Diego), which is themed after that Prince's lifestyle and era, and is filled with pictures of the Duke and his once-divorced bride.
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Date: 2011-03-01 12:44 pm (UTC)In this, they often have a slightly more honest view of Americans than we ourselves do. In particular, the series talks about the Hoovervilles that built up, something I've NEVER heard about in any of my 4 American History classes (including AP history), but which was such (relative) common knowledge in Britain that it became a setting in a Doctor Who episode almost without afterthought.
But yes, the author picked a setting and a year that was of serious significance, and screwed up by not incorporating it. There was not a single town, from a city like NY to the smallest small town in Nebraska, that hadn't already started putting up Red White and Blue ribbons everywhere.
Side note: I actually knew about the Abdication because of a restaurant, the "Prince of Wales Grill" in Coronado (San Diego), which is themed after that Prince's lifestyle and era, and is filled with pictures of the Duke and his once-divorced bride.