{"product_id":"miami-and-the-siege-of-chicago-an-informal-history-of-the-republican-and-democratic-conventions-of-1968-paperback","title":"Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark work of journalism, Norman Mailer reports on the presidential conventions of 1968, the turbulent year from which today's bitterly divided country arose. The Vietnam War was raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy had just been assassinated. In August, the Republican Party met in Miami and picked Richard Nixon as its candidate, to little fanfare. But when the Democrats backed Lyndon Johnson's ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey, the city of Chicago erupted. Antiwar protesters filled the streets and the police ran amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike, all broadcast on live television--and captured in these pages by one of America's fiercest intellects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMiami and the Siege of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"For historians who wish for the presence of a world-class literary witness at crucial moments in history, Mailer in Miami and Chicago was heaven-sent.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael Beschloss, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Extraordinary . . . Mailer  predicted that] 'we will be fighting for forty years.' He got that right, among many other things.\"\u003cb\u003e--Christopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Often reads like a good, old-fashioned novel in which suspense, character, plot revelations, and pungently describable action abound.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" A] masterful account . . . To understand 1968, you must read Mailer.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, \u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most influential writers of the second half of the twentieth century and a leading public intellectual for nearly sixty years. He is the author of more than thirty books. \u003ci\u003eThe Castle in the Forest, \u003c\/i\u003e his last novel, was his eleventh \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003ehas never gone out of print. His 1968 nonfiction narrative, \u003ci\u003eThe Armies of the Night, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He won a second Pulitzer for \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e and is the only person to date to have won Pulitzers in both fiction and nonfiction. Five of his books were nominated for National Book Awards, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation in 2005. Norman Mailer died in 2007 in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988526268717,"sku":"9780399588334","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UmVwMERrQUVPOFViL2dPQVkxelU0Zz09.webp?v=1776221255","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/miami-and-the-siege-of-chicago-an-informal-history-of-the-republican-and-democratic-conventions-of-1968-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}