The American Dream Chronicles

Old west cowboy songs, because these relate to the young America that once was in the west.
Lonely People - America
Sister Golden Hair - America
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
We Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Up on Cripple Creek - The Band
The Weight - The [...]

Movies:
“Easy Rider”
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”
“Treasure of the Sierra Madre”
 
Books:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Hells Angels - Hunter S Thompson
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
 
Quotes:
“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.” -John Soule/Horace Greeley
Horatio Alger

In Search of the American Dream
Introduction
“Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.”  This may very well be the key to finding the American Dream.  However, the west is all grown up and the country is mostly developed.  Despite this, I must go west.  Maybe there is something to be found on [...]