Foxing on book ledge Embossed stamp on title page Simon and Schuster, 1982 - United States - 399 pages Journalist Richard Reeves travels the United States with a character representing Alexis de Tocqueville, who brings his book Democracy in America as a guide. Reeves interviews American like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart and Alaska disc jockey Buster Richardson, examining the status of our democracy and finding out who Americans perceive themselves