Americans are much more American than they are Northerners, Southerners, Westerners, or Easterners. . . California Chinese, Boston … - John Steinbeck

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Americans are much more American than they are Northerners, Southerners, Westerners, or Easterners. . . California Chinese, Boston Irish, Wisconsin German, yes, Alabama Negroes, have more in common than they have apart. . . The American identity is an exact and provable thing.

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