Deer Hunting with Jesus Dispatches from America's Class War

Name: Deer Hunting with Jesus Dispatches from America's Class War
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ISBN: 9780307339379

ISBN-10: 0307339378

ISBN-13: 9780307339379

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Authors: Joe Bageant

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After thirty years spent scratching together a middle-class life out of a “dirt-poor” childhood, Joe Bageant moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, where he realized that his family and neighbors were the very people who carried George W. Bush to victory. That was ironic, because Winchester, like countless American small towns, is fast becoming the bedrock of a permanent underclass. Two in five of the people in his old neighborhood do not have high school diplomas. Nearly everyone over fifty has serious health problems, and many have no health care. Credit ratings are low or nonexistent, and alcohol, overeating, and Jesus are the preferred avenues of escape. A raucous mix of…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440



Introduction


American Serfs: Inside the White Ghetto of the Working Poor


Republicans by Default: Redneck Pride and Fear in an Age of Outsourcing


The Deep-Fried, Double-Wide Lifestyle: Whatever It Takes, the Mortgage Racket Will Put You Under Your Own Roof


Valley of the Gun: Black Powder and Buckskin in Heartland America


The Covert Kingdom: They Plead Upon the Blood of Jesus for A Theocratic State


The Ballad of Lynddie England: One Foot in Ulster, The Other in Iraq


An Authorized Place to Die: The American Health Care System on Life Support


American Hologram: The Apocalypse Will Be Televised


Acknowledgments