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Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and
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Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 Mp3 cd - 2016

by Norman Mailer; Read by Arthur Morey


From the publisher

1968. The Vietnam War was raging. President Lyndon Johnson, facing a challenge in his own Democratic Party from the maverick antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy, announced that he would not seek a second term. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and riots broke out in inner cities throughout America. Bobby Kennedy was killed after winning the California primary in June. In August, Republicans met in Miami, picking the little-loved Richard Nixon as their candidate, while in September, Democrats in Chicago backed the ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey. TVs across the country showed antiwar protesters filling the streets of Chicago and the police running amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike.

In Miami and the Siege of Chicago, Norman Mailer, America's most protean and provocative writer, brings a novelist's eye to bear on the events of 1968, a decisive year in modern American politics, from which today's bitterly divided country arose.

Details

  • Title Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968
  • Author Norman Mailer; Read by Arthur Morey
  • Binding MP3 CD
  • Edition MP3 UNA
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brilliance Audio
  • Date 2016-07
  • ISBN 9781522637042 / 1522637044
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 5.2 x 0.5 in (17.02 x 13.21 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Political
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Geographic Orientation: Florida
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Locality: Miami, Florida
    • Locality: Chicago, Illinois
  • Dewey Decimal Code 324.273