New York: Random House, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Major Norman Starr, attached to the National Security Council, is told that he will be called to testify before a congressional committee - and he reflects on the Americans from who is descended - a soldier, a Supreme Court justice, a slave-holder, a suffragist. A short novel, but one which contains much of American history in it. ISBN: 0-394-564324.