Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781496209986)
Vendor:
Russell Cobb
Product type:
Audio CD
- $32.95
$32.95- $32.95
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$32.95
Description
xThis unflinching look at Oklahoma's singular past helpfully fills in lesser-known aspects of the historical record.--Publishers Weekly
An Oklahoma Bestseller
2021 Director's Award in the Oklahoma Book Awards
Board of Directors Award for special merit
Look down as you buzz across America, and Oklahoma looks like another "flyover state." A closer inspection, however, reveals one of the most tragic, fascinating, and unpredictable places in the United States. Over the span of a century, Oklahoma gave birth to movements for an African American homeland, a vibrant Socialist Party, armed rebellions of radical farmers, and an insurrection by a man called Crazy Snake. In the same era, the state saw numerous oil booms, one of which transformed the small town of Tulsa into the "oil capital of the world." Add to the chaos one of the nation's worst episodes of racial violence, a statewide takeover by the Ku Klux Klan, and the rise of a paranoid far-right agenda by a fundamentalist preacher named Billy James Hargis and you have the recipe for America's most paradoxical state. Far from being a placid place in the heart of Flyover Country, Oklahoma has been a laboratory for all kinds of social, political, and artistic movements, producing a singular list of weirdos, geniuses, and villains.
In The Great Oklahoma Swindle Russell Cobb tells the story of a state rich in natural resources and artistic talent, yet near the bottom in education and social welfare. Raised in Tulsa, Cobb engages Oklahomans across the boundaries of race and class to hear their troubles, anxieties, and aspirations and delves deep to understand their contradictory and often stridently independent attitudes.Interweaving memoir, social commentary, and sometimes surprising research around the themes of race, religion, and politics, Cobb presents an insightful portrait that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about the American Heartland.
Author: Russell Cobb
ISBN-10: 1496209982
ISBN-13: 9781496209986
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2020
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/06/2020
Foreword 02/26/2020
Choice 09/01/2020
By Russell Cobb
xRussell Cobb is an associate professor in Latin American studies and creative writing at the University of Alberta. His nonfiction writing has won many national and regional awards. He is the editor of The Paradox of Authenticity in a Globalized World and the reporter of the This American Life story that served as the basis for the Netflix film Come Sunday. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Slate, and the Nation, and on NPR.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.