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Author: Claudio Saunt ,
Stephen Bowlby
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Imprint: HighBridge Audio
ISBN: 9781665117906
ISBN 10: 1665117907
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""[A] much-needed rendering of a disgraceful episode in American history that has been too long misunderstood."" -- ""Wall Street Journal"" ""A major achievement...[to] destroy the illusion that history's course is inevitable and recover the reality of the multiple possibilities that confronted contemporaries."" -- ""Washington Post"" ""A powerful and lucid account, weaving together events with the people who experienced them up close....Saunt has written an unflinching book that reckons with this history and its legacy."" -- ""New York Times"" ""A study in power. It describes, in detail, the coming together of money, rhetoric, political ambition, and white-supremacist idealism. Saunt shows his readers the cost of a racial caste system in the United States."" -- ""Foreign Affairs"" ""Thoroughly researched and quietly outraged."" -- ""Minneapolis Star Tribune"""
[A] much-needed rendering of a disgraceful episode in American history that has been too long misunderstood. -- Wall Street Journal A major achievement...[to] destroy the illusion that history's course is inevitable and recover the reality of the multiple possibilities that confronted contemporaries. -- Washington Post A powerful and lucid account, weaving together events with the people who experienced them up close....Saunt has written an unflinching book that reckons with this history and its legacy. -- New York Times A study in power. It describes, in detail, the coming together of money, rhetoric, political ambition, and white-supremacist idealism. Saunt shows his readers the cost of a racial caste system in the United States. -- Foreign Affairs Thoroughly researched and quietly outraged. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
Author Information
Claudio Saunt is the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia. He is the author of award-winning books, including A New Order of Things; Black, White, and Indian; and West of the Revolution. He lives in Athens, Georgia. Stephen Bowlby has worked as a professional voice actor for more than forty years. His experience spans animation, character work, commercials, and narration. He has read numerous audiobooks throughout his career, including titles by Harold Robbins, Stuart M. Kaminsky, John Sculley, William P. McGivern, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
