Most of 14th Street Is Gone by J Samuel Walker
Most of 14th Street is Gone takes an in-depth look at the enormously destructive riots that erupted in Washington, DC in April 1968. This book offers an unprecedently detailed account of the riots that raged in the nation's capital from the perspectives of rioters, victims, law enforcement officials, soldiers, and government leaders.
Walker manages to provide a well-rounded account of the DC riots in a refreshingly concise monograph that may find its way into many undergraduate classrooms* Alyssa Ribeiro, Allegheny College, English Historical Review *
After providing a capsule history of Washington and a chronicle of the city's increasingly fractious race relations, the author provides a blow-by-blow breakdown of the riots, especially in the most fraught 48 hours or so from the evening of April 4. * Kirkus *
Samuel Walker's "Most of 14th Street Is Gone" details the tick tock of events that occurred during the Washington, DC riots of 1968....Walker painstakingly retraces the steps and missteps, of those days that sent our nation's capital up in flames 50 years ago. * Colbert I. King, Washington Post *
After providing a capsule history of Washington and a chronicle of the city's increasingly fractious race relations, the author provides a blow-by-blow breakdown of the riots, especially in the most fraught 48 hours or so from the evening of April 4. * Kirkus *
Samuel Walker's "Most of 14th Street Is Gone" details the tick tock of events that occurred during the Washington, DC riots of 1968....Walker painstakingly retraces the steps and missteps, of those days that sent our nation's capital up in flames 50 years ago. * Colbert I. King, Washington Post *
J. Samuel Walker is a prize-winning historian who has published several books on President Truman and the use of the atomic bomb, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the creation of March Madness.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780190844790 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190844795 |
| Title | Most of 14th Street Is Gone |
| Author | J Samuel Walker |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2018-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the 2019 Individual Member Award, awarded by the Society for the History in the Federal Government. |
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