Bernie for Burlington : the rise of the people's politician and the transformation of one American place / Dan Chiasson.
| Author/creator | Chiasson, Dan author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | x, 569 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Story of politics and change in one American place |
| Contents | Part I: Natural Histories. Prologue: Making a scene -- Welcome to Vermont! -- Welcome to Vermont! (Part 2) -- "Politics helped" -- The sugarhouse and the highway -- "Access to tools" -- The Vermont Freeman -- We Americans -- Part II: Bicentennial. The children's crusade -- A special election -- Movement -- At the fair -- Vermont Vermont -- Bicentennial -- Part III: Bernie for Burlington. Goodbye to politics -- The American people's historical society -- Eviction in a renter's city -- Longtime caller -- The citizens party -- Black faces, white faces -- The Downy-filled room -- "Burlington is not for sale" -- At Bove's -- Apple's house -- "A weak mayor" -- Part IV: The People's Republic of Burlington. B.S. Sanders, temporary mayor -- The People's Republic of Burlington -- City hall -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- Neither out far nor in deep -- Coming out -- "A wonder of the world" -- I want my MTV -- Sandinista! -- Welcome to Vermont! (Part 3) -- The same river, twice -- "Making history in Vermont" -- "Give "em hell" -- River rat -- One small city, one small state -- Epilogue: The Stannard family picnic. |
| Abstract | "In this symphonic origin story of an era-defining politician, Dan Chiasson, a Burlington native who had a ringside seat to Bernie Sanders's development, reconstructs the rise of an American icon. With in-depth reporting and remarkable remembered scenes, Chiasson tracks a faint political signal that traveled from the Vermont communes, hardluck neighborhoods, traditional businesses, and county fairs to the town meetings and ballot boxes of his home state, and finally to Washington, D.C., to transform our national political landscape. Sanders, insisting on a socialist platform that hasn't changed to this day, defied a corrupt Democratic machine to find his coalition among Burlington's often feuding communities: the conservative French-Canadian Catholics whose grandparents and great-grandparents--including Chiasson's own--had worked in the mills; the puppeteers, hippies, and NYC transplants who'd moved to Vermont to find land and authenticity; the anti-nukers, activist nuns, baseball fans, developers, cops, and small businessmen like Ben and Jerry, who became Ben & Jerry's right there in town. Bernie captivated them all, running on the slogan 'Burlington Is Not for Sale' to become the modern era's first socialist mayor, one who got the streets plowed but also boasted a foreign policy and a bullhorn to speak directly to Ronald Reagan. In the tradition of J. Anthony Lukas's Common Ground, this people's epic shows us an American city transformed one diner coffee and one neighborhood door-knock at a time, even as the analog era wanes and a new digital politics appears on the horizon. Full of Sanders himself, reflecting and raging, hitting his themes, Bernie for Burlington is a mesmerizing portrait of a politician, a place, and a movement that would change America."-- Publisher's website. |
| General note | "A Borzoi Book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-544) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Chiasson, Dan Bernie for Burlington First hardcover edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026 9780593317501 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2025013635 |
| ISBN | 9780593317495 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0593317491 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | F59 .B9 C55 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |