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ISBN
9780307339362
Book Title
Deer Hunting with Jesus : Dispatches from America's Class War
Item Length
9.6in
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Joe Bageant
Genre
Social Science
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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After thirty years spent scratching together a middle-class life out of a "dirt-poor" childhood, Joe Bageant moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, where he realized that his family and neighbors were the very people who carried George W. Bush to victory. That was ironic, because Winchester, like countless American small towns, is fast becoming the bedrock of a permanent underclass. Two in five of the people in his old neighborhood do not have high school diplomas. Nearly everyone over fifty has serious health problems, and many have no health care. Credit ratings are low or nonexistent, and alcohol, overeating, and Jesus are the preferred avenues of escape. A raucous mix of storytelling and political commentary, "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is Bageant's report on what he learned by coming home. He writes of his childhood friends who work at factory jobs that are constantly on the verge of being outsourced; the mortgage and credit card rackets that saddle the working poor with debt, i.e., "white trashonomics"; the ubiquitous gun culture--and why the left doesn't get it; Scots Irish culture and how it played out in the young life of Lynddie England; and the blinkered "magical thinking" of the Christian right. (Bageant's brother is a Baptist pastor who casts out demons.) What it adds up to, he asserts, is an unacknowledged class war. By turns brutal, tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owningAmerica that has never set foot in a Starbucks." "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is a potent antidote to what Bageant dubs "the American hologram"--the televised, corporatized virtual reality that distracts us from the insidious realities of American life.

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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
030733936x
ISBN-13
9780307339362
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038282859

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Book Title
Deer Hunting with Jesus : Dispatches from America's Class War
Author
Joe Bageant
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz

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Hn90.S6b32 2007
Reviews
" Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." -- HOWARD ZINN, author of "A People's History of the United States" " This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." -- SHERMAN ALEXIE, author of "Reservation Blues" " This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base, ' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state-- and, therefore, ours-- Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." -- MARK CRISPIN MILLER, author of "Fooled Again: The "Real Case" for Election Reform" " Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive. "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." -- JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, author of "Grand Theft Pentagon" and co-editor of CounterPunch " This recounting of lost lives-- of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states-- has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocativethat the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." -- STUDS TERKEL " "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." -- DAVID SIROTA, author of "Hostile Takeover" " Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank' s "What' s the Matter With Kansas, "to the next level. " -- "MOTHER JONES " " Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic." -- "BOOKLIST", " A raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck." - SHERMAN ALEXIE " Dead serious and damn funny... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder... Takes Thomas Frank' s "What' s the Matter With Kansas, "to the next level. " -- "Mother Jones " " Brilliant... Joe Bageant evokes working class America like no one else.." - Howard Zinn " Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." - Mark Crispin Miller " Maddening and provocative." - Studs Terkel " Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor... wise, tender, and acerbic." --"Booklist" " Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." --Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States" " "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." --David Sirota, author of "Hostile Takeover" " Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive. "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is a deliciously viciousand wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." --Jeffrey St. Clair, author of "Grand Theft Pentagon" and co-editor of CounterPunch, "Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." --HOWARD ZINN, author of "A People's History of the United States" "This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." --SHERMAN ALEXIE, author of "Reservation Blues" "This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base, ' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state--and, therefore, ours--Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." --MARK CRISPIN MILLER, author of "Fooled Again: The "Real Case" for Election Reform" "Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive. "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." --JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, author of "Grand Theft Pentagon" and co-editor of CounterPunch "This recounting of lost lives--of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states--has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." --STUDS TERKEL ""Deer Hunting with Jesus" is one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." --DAVID SIROTA, author of "Hostile Takeover" "Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter With Kansas, "to the next level. " --"MOTHER JONES " "Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic." --"BOOKLIST", & " Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive.& " -- HOWARD ZINN, author of A People's History of the United States & " This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril.& " -- SHERMAN ALEXIE, author of Reservation Blues " This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base, ' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state -- and, therefore, ours -- Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel. " -- MARK CRISPIN MILLER, author of Fooled Again: The Real Case for Election Reform & " Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive. Deer Hunting with Jesus is a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods. & " -- JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, author of Grand Theft Pentagon and co-editor of CounterPunch " This recounting of lost lives -- of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states -- has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media. " -- STUDS TERKEL & " Deer Hunting with Jesus is one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war.& " -- DAVID SIROTA, author of Hostile Takeover " Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank ' s What ' s the Matter With Kansas, to the next level. " -- MOTHER JONES " Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic.& " -- BOOKLIST, "Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer.He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." -HOWARD ZINN, author ofA People's History of the United States "This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." -SHERMAN ALEXIE, author ofReservation Blues "This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base,' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state-and, therefore, ours-Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." -MARK CRISPIN MILLER, author ofFooled Again: TheReal Casefor Election Reform "Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive.Deer Hunting with Jesusisa deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." -JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, author ofGrand Theft Pentagonand co-editor of CounterPunch "This recounting of lost lives-of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states-has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad.It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." -STUDS TERKEL "Deer Hunting with Jesusisone of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time.Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." -DAVID SIROTA, author ofHostile Takeover "Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank'sWhat's the Matter With Kansas,to the next level. " -MOTHER JONES "Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic." -BOOKLIST, "Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." -Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States "This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." -Sherman Alexie, author ofReservation Blues "This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base,' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state-and, therefore, ours-Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." -Mark Crispin Miller, author ofFooled Again: TheReal Casefor Election Reform "Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive.Deer Hunting with Jesusis a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." -Jeffrey St. Clair, author ofGrand Theft Pentagonand co-editor of CounterPunch "This recounting of lost lives-of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states-has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." -Studs Terkel "Deer Hunting with Jesusis one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." -David Sirota, author ofHostile Takeover "Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank'sWhat's the Matter With Kansas,to the next level. " -Mother Jones "Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic." -Booklist "Mixing folksy populism with the lacerating fury of Hunter S. Thompson, Bageant's bitingly funny report can at times make Michael Moore seem tame. While Hunting may leave you heartsick, it's hard to turn away." -Entertainment Weekly "Informative, infuriating, terrifying, scintillating . . . Imagine a cross between Thomas Frank'sWhat's the Matter with Kansas?, Hunter S. Thompson's booze-and-dope-fueled meditations on Nixon's political potency, and C. Wright Mills's understanding of the durability of the power elite." -The American Prospect "Hilariously funny, very angry, and somewhat depressing . . . The one book I read in 2007 that I would like all of you to read." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution From the Hardcover edition., " This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American rednecks. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." --Sherman Alexie, author of "Reservation Blues" and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" " This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base, ' i.e., America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely tuned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state --and, therefore, ours--Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." --Mark Crispin Miller, author of "Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them) "" This recounting of lost lives--of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states--has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in " American exceptionalism" and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bageant's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." --Studs Terkel " Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." --Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States" " "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." --David Sirota, author of "Hostile Takeover" " Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive. "Deer Hunting with Jesus" is a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." --Jeffrey St. Clair, author of "Grand Theft Pentagon" and co-editor of CounterPunch, "Joe Bageant is a brilliant writer. He evokes working class America like no one else. The account of his revisit to his Virginia roots is sobering, poignant, and instructive." -Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States "This book is righteous, self-righteous, exhilarating, and aggravating. By God, it's a raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck. As a blue state man with a red state childhood, I have been waiting for this book for years. We ignore its message at our peril." -Sherman Alexie, author ofReservation Blues "This fine book sheds a devastating light on Bush & Co.'s notorious 'base,' i.e. America's white working class, whose members have been ravaged by the very party that purports to take their side. Meanwhile, the left has largely turned them out, or even laughed at their predicament. Of their degraded state-and, therefore, ours-Joe Bageant writes like an avenging angel." -Mark Crispin Miller, author ofFooled Again: TheReal Casefor Election Reform "Joe Bageant is the Sartre of Appalachia. His white-hot bourbon-fuelled prose shreds through the lies of our times like a weed-whacker in overdrive.Deer Hunting with Jesusis a deliciously vicious and wickedly funny chronicle of a thinking man's life in God's own backwoods." -Jeffrey St. Clair, author ofGrand Theft Pentagonand co-editor of CounterPunch "This recounting of lost lives-of white have-nots in one of our most have-not states-has the power of an old-time Scottish Border ballad. It is maddening and provocative that the true believers in 'American exceptionalism' and ersatz machismo side with those stepping all over them. Bagaent's writing is as lyrical as Nelson Algren's, and if there's a semblance of hope, it's that he catches on with new readers thanks to the alternative media." -Studs Terkel "Deer Hunting with Jesusis one of those rare books that is colorful, depressing, hilarious, and biting all at the same time. Joe Bageant has given us a glimpse into the vicious class war that is too often ignored or hidden by those happily perpetrating this war." -David Sirota, author ofHostile Takeover "Dead serious and damn funny ... Bageant writes with the ghosts of Hunter S. Thompson, Will Rogers, and Frank Zappa kibitzing over his shoulder ... Takes Thomas Frank'sWhat's the Matter With Kansas,to the next level. " -Mother Jones "Bageant mixes a reporter's keen analysis, a storyteller's color, and a native son's love of his roots in this absorbing dissection of America's working poor ... wise, tender, and acerbic." -Booklist "Mixing folksy populism with the lacerating fury of Hunter S. Thompson, Bageant's bitingly funny report can at times make Michael Moore seem tame. While Hunting may leave you heartsick, it's hard to turn away." -Entertainment Weekly "Informative, infuriating, terrifying, scintillating . . . Imagine a cross between Thomas Frank'sWhat's the Matter with Kansas?, Hunter S. Thompson's booze-and-dope-fueled meditations on Nixon's political potency, and C. Wright Mills's understanding of the durability of the power elite." -The American Prospect "Hilariously funny, very angry, and somewhat depressing . . . The one book I read in 2007 that I would like all of you to read." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2007-001343
Dewey Decimal
305.50973/09045
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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