Book Description:
Have you ever swapped stories on a porch with Amish snowbirds in Florida? Searched for reindeer with the Siberian Yupik in Alaska? Been a guest on a houseboat deep in the Louisiana bayou?
Peter Santenello hadn’t either until, after years spent traveling through eighty-five countries and living abroad, he realized the most unfamiliar territory was often his own American backyard. And so, with a camera in hand and an open mind, he began visiting communities across the country, places that most of the media overlooks or misrepresents, from tiny towns in Appalachia to the streets of East LA.
What began as curiosity became—one story at a time—an intimate, revealing portrait of America today.
From road trips and chance encounters to dinners shared in locals’ homes, Your Fellow Americans captures what makes this country so dynamic, so resilient, and, most of all, so very human. Because what Peter discovered on his travels wasn’t a nation torn in two. He found something more complex and more powerful: People who want to be seen, who are willing to listen, and who still believe we’re more alike than we are different.
With humor, exuberance, and reverence for the human spirit, Your Fellow Americans is a celebration of the United States that exists far beyond the headlines—and an invitation to sit down, open up, and rediscover the soul of this place that we call home.
My Thoughts: Informative
Your Fellow Americans is an extremely informative book. It's not just about the locations Peter Santenello has visited; more importantly, it's about the people and the communities. It gives such wonderful insight into things that one would never even have imagined.
I have watched Peter's YouTube videos for quite some time, so when I saw the book, I knew I had to read it. And the book goes way beyond what I'd seen on the videos, adding more depth with situations and conversations that didn't take place in the videos that come to light. It is a fantastic read, which I highly recommend.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book. All comments and opinions are entirely my own and voluntary.
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About the Author: Peter Santenello
Peter Santenello makes videos showing you a world that the media fails to capture. His stories and videos have no polarization or political angle—just pure authentic interactions with the locals.
