Why would Sanche de Gramont, a French nobleman, give up everything to become Ted Morgan, U.S. citizen? In his book "On Becoming American: A Celebration of What It Means and How It Feels," Morgan, pictured in New York, April 15, 1978, describes his conversion and examines the people of this country with a perception few American-born writers are likely to possess. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)