American Radicals by Holly Jackson
A dynamic, timely history of nineteenth-century activists--free-lovers and socialists, abolitionists and vigilantes--and the social revolution they sparked in the turbulent Civil War era In the tradition of Howard Zinn's people's histories, American Radicals reveals a forgotten yet inspiring past.--Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SMITHSONIAN On July 4, 1826, as Americans lit firecrackers to celebrate the country's fiftieth birthday, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were on their deathbeds. They would leave behind a groundbreaking political system and a growing economy--as well as the glaring inequalities that had undermined the American experiment from its beginning. The young nation had outlived the men who made it, but could it survive intensifying divisions over the very meaning of the land of the free? A new network of dissent--connecting firebrands and agitators on pastoral communes, in urban mobs, and in genteel parlors across the nation--vowed to finish the revolution they claimed the founding fathers had only begun. They were men and women, black and white, fiercely devoted to causes that pitted them against mainstream America even while they fought to preserve the nation's founding ideals: the brilliant heiress Frances Wright, whose shocking critiques of religion and the institution of marriage led to calls for her arrest; the radical Bostonian William Lloyd Garrison, whose commitment to nonviolence would be tested as the conflict over slavery pushed the nation to its breaking point; the Philadelphia businessman James Forten, who presided over the first mass political protest of free African Americans; Marx Lazarus, a vegan from Alabama whose calls for sexual liberation masked a dark secret; black nationalist Martin Delany, the would-be founding father of a West African colony who secretly supported John Brown's treasonous raid on Harpers Ferry--only to ally himself with Southern Confederates after the Civil War. Though largely forgotten today, these figures were enormously influential in the pivotal period flanking the war, their lives and work entwined with reformers like Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Henry David Thoreau, as well as iconic leaders like Abraham Lincoln. Jackson writes them back into the story of the nation's most formative and perilous era in all their heroism, outlandishness, and tragic shortcomings. The result is a surprising, panoramic work of narrative history, one that offers important lessons for our own time.
Jackson, Holly: - Holly Jackson was born in January 1971 in a small country town in South Australia.
Married at 22 years of age, she had four children from the marriage before their separation in 2007. As a single mother of four children, Holly completed her education at the age of 36 and obtained a degree in business management and administration. Holly then proceeded to design and develop her own fashion design business which flourished for three years before she closed the business and put pen to paper.
Over the next six years, Holly concentrated her efforts on her new direction of writing. In 2017, Holly relocated to her hometown in South Australia and rebuilt her life after a long struggle; financially, physically, and mentally. Determined, self-taught Holly then went on to complete her first book Reality over a period of six years and obtained a publishing contract with Austin Macauley Publishers, London. Holly's vision was to encourage and inspire other people to reach past their present situation and follow their dreams, inspirations and goals and never be discouraged by others. You are your own success.
Married at 22 years of age, she had four children from the marriage before their separation in 2007. As a single mother of four children, Holly completed her education at the age of 36 and obtained a degree in business management and administration. Holly then proceeded to design and develop her own fashion design business which flourished for three years before she closed the business and put pen to paper.
Over the next six years, Holly concentrated her efforts on her new direction of writing. In 2017, Holly relocated to her hometown in South Australia and rebuilt her life after a long struggle; financially, physically, and mentally. Determined, self-taught Holly then went on to complete her first book Reality over a period of six years and obtained a publishing contract with Austin Macauley Publishers, London. Holly's vision was to encourage and inspire other people to reach past their present situation and follow their dreams, inspirations and goals and never be discouraged by others. You are your own success.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525573098 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525573097 |
| Title | American Radicals |
| Author | Holly Jackson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2019-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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