NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #43 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Tonight, some favorite books recounting the crazy unrest and political radicalism of the 1970s—a period where we often forget just how much violence and turmoil ruled America's headlines. All of tonight's books are available from @FountainBkstore in Richmond, VA!
(Two caveats: I've not read Michelle McNamara's supposedly awesome book on the Golden State Killer, I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, fountainbookstore.com/book/978006231… nor @JeffreyToobin's AMERICAN HEIRESS, on Patty Hearst, but they both fits tonight's genre too: fountainbookstore.com/book/978034580… )
1) Bryan Burrough's (@bryanburrough) DAYS OF RAGE is a jaw-dropping tour of the underground extremists of the 1970s, from the Weather Underground to FALN to the Black Liberation Army: fountainbookstore.com/book/978014310…
2) Betty Medsger's THE BURGLARY shows how a sneaky break-in at a Pennsylvania FBI office upended the politics of the decade and rewrote J. Edgar Hoover's legacy: fountainbookstore.com/book/978080417…
3) Rick Perlstein's (@rickperlstein) NIXONLAND shows how Nixon exploited the unrest of the 1960s to win his 1972 landslide and give birth to the fractious, divisive politics of today: fountainbookstore.com/book/978074324…
4) Simon Reeve's ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER grippingly tells the story of the terror attack on the Munich Olympics that shocked the world: fountainbookstore.com/book/978161145…
5) Brendan Koerner's (@brendankoerner) THE SKIES BELONG TO US recalls the crazy (and frequent—like weekly!) hijackings of the 1970s that became almost a joke in the US—until they weren't: fountainbookstore.com/book/978030788…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. Can you believe it we're already into week seven of this weird time? What are your favorite books about the 1970s? Share! #avidreadersunite
