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Freedom Summer

The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy

The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

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May 31, 2011 | ISBN 9780143119432

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Jun 10, 2010 | ISBN 9781101190180

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    About Freedom Summer

    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 a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.

    “Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.” –Washington Post

    About Freedom Summer

    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 a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.

    “Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.” –Washington Post

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    About 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.

    About 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.

    Product Details

    Category: History | Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 31, 2011 | 392 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143119432

    Category: History | Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 10, 2010 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9781101190180
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    Praise

    “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

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