Near the end of the 19th century, a territory named "Holy Land" started to attract a lot of Americans, thousands of them traveled to Jerusalem to visit this sacred place. It's popularity rose so rapidly and created an obsession of some sort for a lot of the travelers. What is so special about this place? Why are so many people attracted to it? These questions are answered in ""Our Jerusalem": Americans in the Holy Land and Protestant Narratives of National Entitlement", a journal written by Milette Shamir.