Jack Hitt Books
Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
By Jack Hitt
Beginning with Ben Franklin's kite and leading all the way to the current TV hit "American Idol," Hitt argues that the nation's love of self-invented obsessives has always driven the country to red...
Read MoreBunch of Amateurs: Inside America's Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators
By Jack Hitt
Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages to look at America's current batch of amateurs and their pursuits. He not only tells the stories of people in the grip of a passion but argues that Am...
Read MoreOff the road
By Jack Hitt
"Off the Road is an unforgettable exploration of the sites that people believe God once touched: the strange fortress said to contain the real secret Adam learned when he bit into the apple; the si...
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