Read Steinbeck’s 1960 essay for Esquire, A Primer on the ‘30s. Beautiful writing. I hadn’t realised that America First is a term that dates back to fascism and antisemitism of that time. Here are some of his recollections of listening to the radio:

@adoran2 Wasn’t Charles Lindbergh somewhat adjacent to this crowd? I might have to read this one.

@odd The next sentence in the essay after that quote is quite literally:

> Lindbergh was proposed to ride the White Horse, which must have saddened him.

I have no idea what that means.

@JohnPhilpin I’m sorry about his kid though. Maybe that hardened him.

@adoran2 @odd check out the new podcast by maddow - Ultra. Also though not yet watched it there is a new movie out that is partly a related dramatization of the same story - Amsterdam.

Bottom line … We are all going through it all again… History is rhyming … ‘bigly’.

@JohnPhilpin That is what I’ve been afraid of for some time. Subscribed.

@odd @adoran .. also related …

From our very own @delong …

Mark Thoma: John Steinbeck: A Primer on the ‘30s’

And a great image on the click through …

I found John Steinbeck’s “A Primer on the 30’s” really fuck’n relevant for the times we be living in at the moment. | SAIC Digital Collections

@JohnPhilpin Thanks. I’m interested in skipping the “new 40s” and return in a parallel universe that’s better.

@odd can I come with you?