Letters from America, Volume 1

In the early months of 2025, Charlotte Richards offered to be a penpal to Americans who wanted to share their stories of life in Trump’s America: for preservation, for visibility and for solidarity.

What came back was a portrait of modern America. A disabled mother in South Dakota, fighting a state that has decided her life is not worth saving. A trans man in New England, giving himself six months to find a way out. A great-grandmother in Ohio who started a one-woman protest on a street corner and ended up leading a movement.

This book weaves together nearly two hundred letters from those who lived through 2025 with the historical context and political commentary necessary to understand what happened, and what comes next.

Letters from America is a timeless account of how democracies fall, and how ordinary people fight back. This is history in the making, written by the people living it.

“This book is a wound and a witness. With rare courage and tenderness, Charlotte has gathered these letters before history can turn them into statistics. What she has made is not just a record of a moment. It is proof that even in heartbreak, the American soul still reaches for hope.”

Robert L. Arnold (@defiance13), Author of Defiance Til Death

About the author

Charlotte Richards is a writer, historian and activist, whose mission is to help global citizens take action against authoritarianism. She can be found at charlottevstyranny.com.  

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