{"product_id":"deer-hunting-with-jesus-dispatches-from-americas-class-war-9780307339379","title":"Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War","description":"\u003cb\u003eYears before \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhite Trash, \u003c\/i\u003e a raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor -- and why they have learned to hate liberalism. What it adds up to, he asserts, is an unacknowledged class war. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of \"the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeer Hunting with Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is Joe Bageant's report on what he learned when he moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia. Like countless American small towns, it is fast becoming the bedrock of a permanent underclass. Two in five of the people in his old neighborhood do not have high school diplomas or health care. Alcohol, overeating, and Jesus are the preferred avenues of escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He writes of: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - His childhood friends who work at factory jobs that are constantly on the verge of being outsourced\u003cbr\u003e - The mortgage and credit card rackets that saddle the working poor with debt\u003cbr\u003e - The ubiquitous gun culture--and why the left doesn' t get it\u003cbr\u003e - Scots Irish culture and how it played out in the young life of Lynddie England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307339379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joe Bageant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45131026792629,"sku":"9780307339379","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7be164c-7081-4932-8267-6472444e7b14.jpg?v=1740460353","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/deer-hunting-with-jesus-dispatches-from-americas-class-war-9780307339379","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}