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Living the Bill of Rights: How to Be an Authentic American
Nat Hentoff
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Paperback. Focuses on representative individuals for whom American Constitution is a vital part of life. This title covers a range of American life in the profiles and stories about public and private heroes who challenge assaults on the Bill of Rights. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Nat Hentoff is one of America's most passionate and prominent writers about civil liberties and civil rights. In "Living the Bill of Rights", he has taken what is too often thought of as an abstract issue and enlivened it by focusing on representative individuals for whom the Constitution is a vital part of life. As the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan told Hentoff, Americans need to know how "American liberties were won - and what it takes to keep them alive". With characteristic eloquence, Hentoff covers the full range of American life in these inspiring profiles and stories about ... Read more
Nat Hentoff is one of America's most passionate and prominent writers about civil liberties and civil rights. In "Living the Bill of Rights", he has taken what is too often thought of as an abstract issue and enlivened it by focusing on representative individuals for whom the Constitution is a vital part of life. As the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan told Hentoff, Americans need to know how "American liberties were won - and what it takes to keep them alive". With characteristic eloquence, Hentoff covers the full range of American life in these inspiring profiles and stories about ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520219816
SKU
KTG0003974
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99-1
About Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff is the author of many articles and books about jazz, politics, and education, including Free Speech for Me--But Not for Thee (1992). His syndicated column, "Sweet Land of Liberty," appears in the Washington Post and more than two hundred other newspapers, and he is a weekly contributor to the Village Voice. He lives in New York City.
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