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From the bestselling author of Hiroshima, a searing account of
police brutality, white racism, and black rage in 1960s Detroit. On
the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street
Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on a report
of gunfire, officers rounded up the occupants of the motel's
annex-several black men and two white women-and proceeded to beat
them and repeatedly threaten to kill them. By the end of the night,
three of the men were dead. Three police officers and a private
security guard were tried for their deaths; none were convicted. In
The Algiers Motel Incident, first published in 1968, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author John Hersey strings together interviews,
police reports, court testimony, and news stories to recount the
terrible events of that night. The result is chaotic and sometimes
confusing; facts remain elusive. But, Hersey concludes, the truth
is clear: three young black men were murdered "for being, all in
all, black young men and part of the black rage of the time." With
a new foreword by award-winning author Danielle L. McGuire, The
Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the
US justice system.
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Hiroshima (Paperback)
John Hersey
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).
Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. Written only a year after the disaster, John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. A further chapter was added when, forty years later, he returned to Hiroshima to discover how the same six people had struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease. The result is a devastating picture of the long-term effects of one bomb.
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945,
killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a
terrifying new episode in human history. Written only a year after
the disaster, John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this
heart-rending account of six men and women who survived despite all
the odds. He added a further chapter when, forty years later, he
returned to Hiroshima to discover how the same six people had
struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling
disease. The result is a devastating picture of the long-term
effects of one very small bomb.
John Hersey was a correspondent for Time and Life magazines when in
1942 he was sent to cover Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon
Islands in the Western Pacific. While there, Hersey observed a
small battle upon which Into the Valley is based. While the battle
itself was not of great significance, Hersey gives insightful
details concerning the jungle environment, recounts conversations
among the men before, during, and after battle, and describes how
the wounded were evacuated as well as other works of daily heroism.
John Hersey wrote several non-fiction books and numerous novels,
including A Bell for Adano, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
The pleasures of a summer's bluefishing off Martha's Vineyard are
marvelously evoked as John Hersey reflects upon the angler's art,
wonders of the teeming oceans where fish and fisherman confront
each other, and the web of interdependence they share. 14 drawings.
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