{"product_id":"the-american-earthquake-9780374515072","title":"The American Earthquake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e amply conveys the astonishing breadth of Edmund Wilson's talent, provides an unparalleled vision of one of the most troubling periods in American history, and, perhaps inadvertently, offers a self-portrait comparable to \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During a twelve-month period in 1930 and 1931, Edmund Wilson wrote a series of lengthy articles which he then collected in a book called \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jitters: A Year of the Slump\u003c\/i\u003e. The resulting chronicle was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as the best reporting that the period of depression has brought forth in the United States, and forms the heart of the present volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose that is by turns dramatic and naturalistic, inflammatory and evocative, satirical and droll, Wilson painted an unforgettable portrait of a time when the whole structure of American society seemed actually to be going to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e bookends this chronicle with a collection of Wilson's non-literary articles-including criticism, reportage, and some fiction-from the years of The Follies, 1923-1928, and the dawn of the New Deal, 1932-1934. During this period, Wilson had grown from a little-known journalist to one of the most important American literary and social critics of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374515072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.29d","brand":"Edmund Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017884520629,"sku":"9780374515072","price":33.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9d7dd2ed-871f-447a-bd39-ec1fa8249ada.jpg?v=1609167304","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-american-earthquake-9780374515072","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}