‘The highest treason’

“The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.”

—  Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American author, in A Man Without a Country. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, when he was captured by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and then held as a prisoner-of-war in Dresden, Germany. There he survived the devastating firebombing by the British and American air forces in 1945 by hiding in an underground meat locker. His experience led to his novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death.

He lived for many years on Cape Cod.

'Highest treason'

Looking toward Barnstable Harbor

— Photo by ToddC4176

“The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.’’

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer, probably best known for the novel Slaughterhouse-Five. He lived in 1951-1971 with his family in a house in the village of West Barnstable, part of the Town of Barnstable, that overlooked Barnstable Harbor. Some members of the family still live in the town.

Kurt Vonnegut in 1971, at the height of his fame