Charlottesville an American story / Deborah Baker.
| Author/creator | Baker, Deborah, 1959- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2025] |
| Description | xviii, 442 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Maps -- Cast of characters -- Introduction -- Prologue: The unveiling -- Part 1. A beautiful ugly city, March 2016-January 2017. Lee Park -- The blue ribbon commission -- The art of trolling -- Holy works -- A beautiful ugly city -- Interlude: Heart of whiteness -- Part II. The ghost in the machine, January 2017-August 2017. Capital of the resistance -- We're raising an army, my liege -- Fuck white supremacy -- Invisible empires -- Deep, abiding love -- Interlude: A school for backward Southern Whites -- Part III. Unite the right, August 11 & 12, 2017. Nameless field -- The torch march -- Emancipation Park -- A state of emergency -- The dodge challenger -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Notes -- Index. |
| Abstract | "In August 2017, over a thousand neo-Nazis, fascists, Klan members, and neo-Confederates descended on a small southern city to protest the pending removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Within an hour of their arrival, the city's historic downtown was a scene of bedlam as armored far right cadres battled activists in the streets. Before the weekend was over, a neo-Nazi had driven a car into a throng of counterprotesters, killing a young woman and injuring dozens. Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker has written a riveting and panoptic account of what unfolded that weekend, focusing less on the rally's far right leaders than on the story of the city itself. University, local, and state officials, including law enforcement, were unable or unwilling to grasp the gathering threat. Clergy, activists, and organizers from all walks of life saw more clearly what was coming and, at great personal risk, worked to warn and defend their city. To understand why their warnings fell on deaf ears, Baker does a deep dive into American history. In her research she discovers an uncannily similar event that took place decades before when an emissary of the poet and fascist Ezra Pound arrived in Charlottesville intending to start a race war. In Charlottesville, Baker shows how a city more associated with Thomas Jefferson than civil unrest became a flashpoint in a continuing struggle over our nation's founding myths"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Baker, Deborah, 1959- Charlottesville. Minneapolis : Graywolf Press, 2025 9781644453421 |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| LCCN | 2024048137 |
| ISBN | 9781644453414 |
| ISBN | 164445341X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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