Freedom Summer
The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
$53.12
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2011
Summary
A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history.In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143119432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143119435 |
| Author: | Bruce Watson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 140mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.” -Washington Post “Remarkable…a well-researched, vivid retelling of the 1964 civil rights crusade to put Mississippi’s 200,000 disenfranchised blacks on the voting rolls…[an] important book.” -San Francisco Chronicle “Elegantly written…A fascinating look at ordinary people at their best and worst…Riveting.” -Richmond Times-Dispatch “An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights…with a thriller’s pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation…and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight.” -The Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Engrossing” -The Economist
About The Author
Bruce Watson
Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.
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