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National Bestseller ā¢ One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfiction
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast Company
From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "masterly" (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor
The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of peopleĀ into prison forĀ opinions they voicedāin one notable case, onlyĀ in private. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands ofĀ citizensā arrests.Ā Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames.Ā Ā
This was America during and after the Great War: a brief but appalling eraĀ blighted byĀ lynchings, censorship, and the sadistic, sometimes fatal abuse of conscientious objectors in military prisonsāa time whoseĀ toxic currents of racism, nativism, red-baiting, and contempt for the rule of law then flowedĀ directly through the intervening decades to poison our own.Ā It was a tumultuousĀ period defined by aĀ diverse and colorful cast of characters, some of whom fueled the injustice while others fought against it:Ā from the sphinxlike Woodrow Wilson,Ā toĀ the fieryĀ antiwarĀ advocatesĀ Kate Richards OāHareĀ and Emma Goldman, to labor champion Eugene Debs, to a little-knownĀ but ambitiousĀ bureaucratĀ namedĀ J. Edgar Hoover, and to an outspoken leftwing agitatorāwho was in fact Hooverās star undercover agent.Ā ItĀ is a timeĀ thatĀ weĀ have mostly forgotten about, until now.Ā
In American Midnight, award-winning historian Adam HochschildĀ brings alive theĀ horrifying yet inspiring fourĀ yearsĀ following the U.S. entry intoĀ the First World War, spotlighting forgotten repression while celebrating an unforgettable set of Americans who strove to fix their fractured countryāand showing how their struggles still guide us today.Ā Ā
This book title, American Midnight (The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis) - 9780063278523, ISBN: 9780063278523, by Adam Hochschild, published by HarperCollins (October 17, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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