Amsterdam Stories USA IV

PART IV – West : Amsterdam Montana, Amsterdam Idaho, Amsterdam California.

On the road, wintertime, the freezing cold, and the sweeping landscapes of the West. Russell Banks on contemporary America. Following the trail of Lewis & Clark. Adventures and hopes. Dreaming of Dubai at the age of nineteen. A religious community, which has withdrawn from the world. A dentist called Robert Amsterdam. Idaho, the great void. Three cowboys of the Wild West. Stopping in an Indian reservation. In Las Vegas, an opera heroine: Tanya. A huge ranch and flowering almond trees, where we meet a Mexican immigrant, Veronica, and her boss, Peter. Last stop : the Pacific.