At the end of the twentieth century, journalist David Cohen retraced that same journey and added one new destination -- the frontier of Silicon Valley in California. Chasing the Red, White, and Blue is his account: a funny, powerful, troubling, and thought-provoking inquiry into the lives of Americans today. Talking with people at every level of society -- from Manhattan real estate brokers and Washington lobbyists to supermarket clerks and illegal aliens -- Cohen finds equality elusive and the poor increasingly adrift from American society. But he also finds hope alive in the most poignant and unexpected of places.