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Author Conner, Claire, 1945-

Title Wrapped in the flag : a personal history of America's radical right / Claire Conner.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  322.44 CONNER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  322.4 CONNER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  322.44 CONNER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  322.44 CO    Check Shelf
Description xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-244) and index.
Contents Preface: I know what extremism looks like -- Introduction: November 1963 -- Rally cry -- The captain's law -- Sacrifices -- Textbook wars -- Hard right -- Twisted -- Moving up -- The black book -- Stirring the pot -- The uncivil war -- Here we go again and again and again -- The end of the world -- Civil rights marching -- A big Taxas howdy -- Crossfire -- Carrying the cross -- AuH2O -- Something's happening here -- A good man is hard to find -- One woman's heart -- Bang the drum slowly -- Attention must by paid -- Hell in a handbasket -- Bedtime story.
Summary A narrative history of the John Birch Society by a daughter of one of the infamous ultraconservative organization?s founding fathers.
Subject John Birch Society.
Right-wing extremists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Right and left (Political science) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Conner, Claire, 1945- -- Political and social views.
ISBN 9780807077504 alkaline paper
080707750X alkaline paper
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