{"product_id":"wildland-the-making-of-americas-fury-paperback","title":"Wildland: The Making of America's Fury - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvan Osnos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter a decade abroad, the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewinning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States--Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL--to illuminate the origins of America's political fury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 after a decade away from the United States, first reporting from the Middle East before becoming the Beijing bureau chief at the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eand then the China correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. While abroad, he often found himself making a case for his home country, urging the citizens of Egypt, Iraq, or China to trust that even though America had made grave mistakes throughout its history, it aspired to some foundational moral commitments: the rule of law, the power of truth, the right of equal opportunity for all. But when he returned to the United States, he found each of these principles under assault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of an explanation for the crisis that reached an unsettling crescendo in 2020--a year of pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil--he focused on three places he knew firsthand: Greenwich, Connecticut; Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. Reported over the course of six years, \u003ci\u003eWildland\u003c\/i\u003e follows ordinary individuals as they navigate the varied landscapes of twenty-first-century America. Through their powerful, often poignant stories, Osnos traces the sources of America's political dissolution. He finds answers in the rightward shift of the financial elite in Greenwich, in the collapse of social infrastructure and possibility in Clarksburg, and in the compounded effects of segregation and violence in Chicago. The truth about the state of the nation may be found not in the slogans of political leaders but in the intricate details of individual lives, and in the hidden connections between them. As \u003ci\u003eWildland\u003c\/i\u003e weaves in and out of these personal stories, events in Washington occasionally intrude, like flames licking up on the horizon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dramatic, prescient examination of seismic changes in American politics and culture, \u003ci\u003eWildland\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two shocks to America's psyche, two assaults on the country's sense of itself: the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the lives of everyday Americans in three cities and across two decades, Osnos illuminates the country in a startling light, revealing how we lost the moral confidence to see ourselves as larger than the sum of our parts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Osnos\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, a CNN contributor, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Based in Washington, D.C., he writes about politics and foreign affairs. He was the China correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e from 2008 to 2013. His first book, \u003ci\u003eAge of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2020, he published the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eJoe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now\u003c\/i\u003e, based on interviews with Biden, Barack Obama, and others. Prior to joining \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Osnos worked as the Beijing bureau chief of the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, where he contributed to a series that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Before his appointment in China, he worked in the Middle East, reporting mostly from Iraq. He and his wife, Sarabeth Berman, have two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382181806258,"sku":"9781250858757","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/25d1d6efbd7a8339bc88e960c9d9399c.webp?v=1777829698","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/wildland-the-making-of-americas-fury-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}