Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (Primus Library of Contemporary Americana)
by Mailer, Norman
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In this landmark work of journalism, Norman Mailer reports on the presidential conventions of 1968, the turbulent year from which today’s bitterly divided country arose. The Vietnam War was raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy had just been assassinated. In August, the Republican Party met in Miami and picked Richard Nixon as its candidate, to little fanfare. But when the Democrats backed Lyndon Johnson’s ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey, the city of Chicago erupted. Antiwar protesters filled the streets and the police ran amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike, all broadcast on live television—and captured in these pages by one of America’s fiercest intellects. (Publisher’s Summary)
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- Drew Kaufman (US)
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- Title
- Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (Primus Library of Contemporary Americana)
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Book Condition
- New UsedLikeNew
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0917657853
- ISBN 13
- 9780917657856
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1986-05-03