![]() Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands ofcitizens arrests. ![]() Courts threw thousands of peopleinto prison foropinions they voicedin one notable case, only in private. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. ![]() ![]() Selected as one of the most anticipated books of Fall 2022 by the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a ground breaking reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labo"A riveting, resonant account of the fragility of freedom.Kirkus, STARRED reviewThe nation was on the brink. ![]()
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