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Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has
selected and updated over two dozen essays and pieces of reporting
from his long career. Threaded through them all is his concern for
social justice and the people who have fought for it. The articles
here range from a California gun show to a Finnish prison, from a
Congolese center for rape victims to the ruins of gulag camps in
the Soviet Arctic, from a stroll through construction sites with an
ecologically pioneering architect in India to a day on the campaign
trail with Nelson Mandela. Hochschild also talks about the writers
he loves, from Mark Twain to John McPhee, and explores such
far-reaching topics as why so much history is badly written, what
bookshelves tell us about their owners, and his front-row seat for
the shocking revelation in the 1960s that the CIA had been secretly
controlling dozens of supposedly independent organizations. With
the skills of a journalist, the knowledge of a historian, and the
heart of an activist, Hochschild shares the stories of people who
took a stand against despotism, spoke out against unjust wars and
government surveillance, and dared to dream of a better and more
just world.
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