David Finkel (1) (1955–)

What were their sacrifices for? Was it all so someone could come along a decade later and get elected president and try to divide the United States into a broken country that would produce even more people ruined by war?

from An American Dreamer by David Finkel
Two doors down from us is a young family. We have been friendly with them ever since they moved in. We greet each other and stop to talk. The father plows our sidewalk when it snows and this fall I heard a racket and found him cleaning out our gutters.

In 2016 our political yard signs were not in sync. I worried it would ruin our friendship. I worry that in 2024 if they display Trump signs again, I won’t be able to feel the same way about them.

David Finkel spent years following the life of one man. A soldier with disturbing dreams. a family man and father who could count his blessings. A man who believed in the Constitution and was alarmed by what was happening in America. His neighbor is MAGA, a man with great challenges and a huge gun collection, as was his county and state.

These were his days now, the days of a moral man in the midst of a moment that felt immoral to him, a man who got into bed every night wondering in silence whether this would be another night for the dream.

from An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country by David Finkel
Cummings had put his life on the line for his country. He experienced the deaths of comrades at war. Unconcerned about politics, he did his duty. Now, nightmares regularly disturb his sleep. But the America of his ideals has been replaced by a country of hate.

When Finkel began recording the events in the book he had no idea of what was to come or that he would document four years of such important historical and legal importance.

Brent Cummings’ story will resonate with many who have struggled with the impact of America’s deep political division.

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