Americans Who Tell the Truth
Discover essential books on American truth-tellers, from Frederick Douglass’s memoir to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, exploring courage, justice, and U.S. history.
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Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.
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César Chávez
by Richard Griswold del Castillo
A simple biography of the man who worked to win fairer treatment of the migrant farm workers in California in the 1960s and to establish the United Farm Workers union.
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That all people may be one people, send rain to wash the face of the earth
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Understanding Power
by Peter R. Mitchell
An introduction to Noam Chomsky's views on the politics of power discusses third-party politics in the United States, the suppression of dissent, U.S. foreign and domestic policy, and the role of the media.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Douglass? nineteenth-century style and vocabulary.Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of America's best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass? own account of his journey from slave to one of America's great statesmen, writers, and orators is as fascinating as it is inspiring.
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A Dangerous Woman
by Sharon Rudahl
Throughout her richly storied life, Emma Goldman always took the side of the oppressed against capitalism and militarism and was always at the forefront of struggles of the powerless against society's strongest."--BOOK JACKET.
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Quiet Strength
by Rosa Parks
This inspiring book on the faith, the hope, and the heart of a woman who changed a nation gives the account of her infamous stand against injustice as well as the lasting impact it has made.
