The Accidental American

"The Accidental American" vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U.S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor.

Leaving behind a career as a master forger, Nicole Blake's peaceful life in rural France is interrupted by the arrival of a U.S. intelligence operative, John Valsamis, who warns her that her former lover Rahim has become a terrorist and seeks her reluctant assistance in bringing him down. Original. 30,000 first printing.

"The Accidental American" vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U.S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor.

An Accidental American recalls life in Hitlers Germany, as seen through the eyes of a young girl who later escapes to the United States with her parents. The book tells of kind neighbors, an unforgettable ocean voyage, and bed bugs in Chicago, among other memories.

The Accidental American is a look at the underside of 17th century America, the adventure tale of a British lad who is rescued at sea by Captain Kidd, jumps ship in Charleston and makes his precarious way to New York, where he is reclaimed by Captain Kidd; falls in love with Kidd's young wife, Sarah, who instructs him in the myriad ways of love, short of sinful fornication. When Kidd goes back to privateering he, knowing of his young wife's feeling for Christopher, insists that he come along. As history tells us, the expedition ends badly for Kidd, but not for Christopher, who is freed from prison by his father and introduced to the son he did not know he had. Returning to New York with his son, he marries Sarah and they retire to a peaceful life in New Jersey.

This powerful and compelling narrative examines the relationship between Tony Blair and America, and asks why America has taken Tony Blair to their hearts, and what this means for Britain's politics.