{"product_id":"up-in-arms-isbn-9781946885951","title":"Up in Arms","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"IT'S TIME! They have my cattle and now they have one of my boys. Range War begins tomorrow at Bundy Ranch.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese words, pounded out on a laptop at Cliven Bundy's besieged Nevada ranch on April 6, 2014, ignited a new American revolution. Across the country, a certain type of citizen snapped to attention: This was the flashpoint they'd been waiting for, a chance to help a fellow American stand up to a tyrannical and corrupt federal government.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how an isolated clan of desert-dwelling Mormons became the guiding light—and then the outright leaders—of America's Patriot movement. The nation was riveted in 2014 when hundreds of Bundy supporters, many of them armed, forced federal agents to abandon a court-ordered cattle roundup. Then in 2016, Ammon Bundy, one of Cliven's 13 children, led a 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose events and the subsequent shootings, arrests, and trials captured headlines, but they're just part of a story that has never been fully told. John Temple, award-winning journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pain\u003c\/i\u003e, gives readers an unprecedented and objective look at the real people and families at the heart of these highly publicized standoffs. \u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e offers a propulsive narrative populated by rifle-toting cowboys, apocalyptic militiamen, undercover infiltrators, and the devout and charismatic Bundys themselves.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither mainstream nor conservative media outlets have contextualized the religious, political, environmental, and economic factors that set the stage for these events. \u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e provides a framework for understanding this diverse collection of American rebels who believe government overreach justifies the taking up of arms.\"[An] intelligent, impeccably researched deep dive into two clashes between the federal government and right-wing antigovernment protesters . . . Temple's even-handed and painstaking reportage yields a clear and unbiased portrait of this subsection of the movement.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give[s] the reader the information needed to decide whether he or she belongs on Team Bundy or Team Fed—or neither.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Act One of the Bundy Burlesque is neatly chronicled by John Temple in another new book, \u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—KNPR\/Desert Companion \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you want to understand the extremist militia groups popping up around the country lately, you need to start with Nevada's notorious Bundy clan. Temple shines a light on the people as well as the religious, political and economic factors that gave rise to this dangerous movement.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Revelator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tale of the modern American frontier, told by one of our great independent journalists.\"   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sam Quinones, author of \u003ci\u003eDreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, John Temple delivers another fierce and searching portrait of an American subculture. His last book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pain\u003c\/i\u003e, opened up the vault on painkiller pill mills, delivering a prescient harbinger of the opioid crisis. Now, his new and piercing look at the Bundy clan and the wider Patriot militia culture is a must-read for anyone trying to understand the continuing schism between rural and urban America.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Anthony Swofford, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Temple's depth of reporting is nothing short of remarkable. Reading \u003ci\u003eUp in Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, I was truly immersed, as if I was witnessing the bizarre series of events unfolding in real time. Most Americans only experienced a fraction of the saga through mass media's parachute journalism. Temple's in-depth approach propels you into the unbelievable story with extraordinary details, characters, history, and riveting scenes.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Academy Award–nominated documentary filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eHeroin(e)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Temple\u003c\/b\u003e is an investigative journalist and the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \"Favorite Book of 2015\" and a 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee for Fact Crime. Temple wrote two previous nonfiction books: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office\u003c\/i\u003e. The American Society of Legal Writers awarded\u003ci\u003e The Last Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e the 2010 Scribes Book Award. Temple is a tenured journalism professor at West Virginia University's Reed College of Media. Before academia, Temple worked as a newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh, North Carolina and Florida.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302604984549,"sku":"NP9781946885951","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781946885951_c5fbf73e-10e3-4fce-9c0f-00fd1f6dea5d.jpg?v=1742928369","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/up-in-arms-isbn-9781946885951","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}