Making of an American
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Published: September 1947
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780026034203
First sentence: On the outskirts of the ancient town of Ribe, on the Danish north seacoast, a wooden bridge spanned the Nibs River when I was a boy-a frail structure, with twin arches like the humps of a dromedary, for boats to go under.