{"product_id":"freedom-summer-isbn-9780143119432","title":"Freedom Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his critically acclaimed history \u003ci\u003eFreedom Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.\" -\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\"Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Remarkable...a well-researched, vivid retelling of the 1964 civil rights crusade to put Mississippi's 200,000 disenfranchised blacks on the voting rolls...[an] important book.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Elegantly written...A fascinating look at ordinary people at their best and worst...Riveting.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An amazing account of one pivotal summer in the history of civil rights...with a thriller's pacing, the book forcefully describes the depravity and treachery behind the bombings, beatings and intimidation...and shows the physical and emotional costs of such a fight.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Engrossing\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003eBruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in \u003cb\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eYankee Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301788963045,"sku":"NP9780143119432","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143119432.jpg?v=1767727677","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/freedom-summer-isbn-9780143119432","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}