Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968...

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Norman Mailer

Miami and the Siege of Chicago

An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968

Norman Mailer

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English

Penguin
19 November 2018

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Reportage & collected journalism; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Elections & referenda; Demonstrations & protest movements

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Mailer's masterful account of the 1968 presidential conventions, a snapshot of sixties turbulence

Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just been assassinated. The Republican Party meets in Miami and picks Richard Nixon as its candidate, to little fanfare. But when the Democrats back Lyndon Johnson's ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey, the city of Chicago erupts. Antiwar protesters fill the streets and the police run 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.

By: Norman Mailer
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 179g
ISBN: 9780241340530
ISBN 10: 0241340535
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was one of the great post-War American writers, both as a novelist and as one of the key inventors of the New Journalism. His books include the novels The Naked and the Dead, The Deer Park, Why Are We in Vietnam?, The Executioner's Song and Harlot's Ghost and the non-fiction works The Armies of the Night, A Fire on the Moon (published in the USA as Of a Fire on the Moon) and The Fight. He won the National Book Award and twice won the Pulitzer Prize.