America’s Idea of a Good Time combines the photographs of Kate Schermerhorn and the writing of Simon Winchester (best selling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne) in a compelling and hilarious exploration of the search for fun. Americans do a lot of things in the name of fun. We shoot each other with paint, we bungee jump and we pretend to bungee jump. We play bingo and we bowl, we fish, we hit golf balls through clown heads and miniature churches. We even stack Oreo Cookies. It seems that life is not about expanding our minds or learning life’s lessons – it’s about bumper stickers. – Kate Schermerhorn