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Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and
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Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 Compact disc - 2016

by Norman Mailer; Read by Arthur Morey


About this book

In this landmark work of journalism, Norman Mailer reports on the presidential conventions of 1968, the turbulent year from which today’s bitterly divided country arose. The Vietnam War was raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy had just been assassinated. In August, the Republican Party met in Miami and picked Richard Nixon as its candidate, to little fanfare. But when the Democrats backed Lyndon Johnson’s ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey, the city of Chicago erupted. Antiwar protesters filled the streets and the police ran amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike, all broadcast on live television—and captured in these pages by one of America’s fiercest intellects. (Publisher’s Summary)


From the publisher

1968. The Vietnam War was raging. President Lyndon Johnson, facing a challenge in his own Democratic Party from the maverick antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy, announced that he would not seek a second term. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and riots broke out in inner cities throughout America. Bobby Kennedy was killed after winning the California primary in June. In August, Republicans met in Miami, picking the little-loved Richard Nixon as their candidate, while in September, Democrats in Chicago backed the ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey. TVs across the country showed antiwar protesters filling the streets of Chicago and the police running amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike.

In Miami and the Siege of Chicago, Norman Mailer, America's most protean and provocative writer, brings a novelist's eye to bear on the events of 1968, a decisive year in modern American politics, from which today's bitterly divided country arose.

First Edition Identification

World Publishing Company published a First Edition, First Printing hardcover in New York, 1968.

Signet/New American Library published the First US Edition, First Printing paperback in New York, 1968. 

Weidenfeld and Nicolson published the First UK Edition, First Printing in London, 1968. 

NYRB Classics published a First Edition, First Printing paperback in New York, 2008.

Signet/New American Library published the First US Edition, First Printing paperback in New York, 1968. 


Details

  • Title Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968
  • Author Norman Mailer; Read by Arthur Morey
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Volumes 7
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brilliance Audio
  • Date 2016-07
  • ISBN 9781522637035 / 1522637036
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (16.51 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Geographic Orientation: Florida
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Locality: Miami, Florida
    • Locality: Chicago, Illinois

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2016, Page 0