{"product_id":"big-white-ghetto-dead-broke-stone-cold-stupid-and-high-on-rage-in-the-dank-woolly-wilds-of-the-real-america-hardcover","title":"Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the Real America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin D. Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You can't truly understand the country you're living in without reading Williamson.\" --Rich Lowry, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"His observations on American culture, history, and politics capture the moment we're in--and where we are going.\" --Dana Perino, Fox News\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An Appalachian economy that uses cases of Pepsi as money. Life in a homeless camp in Austin. A young woman whose r sum  reads, \"Topless Chick, Uncredited.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Remorselessly unsentimental, Kevin D. Williamson is a chronicler of American underclass dysfunction unlike any other. From the hollows of Eastern Kentucky to the porn business in Las Vegas, from the casinos of Atlantic City to the heroin rehabs of New Orleans, he depicts an often brutal reality that does not fit nicely into any political narrative or comfort any partisan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coming from the world he writes about, Williamson understands it in a way that most commentators on American politics and culture simply can't. In these sometimes savage and often hilarious essays, he takes readers on a wild tour of the wreckage of the American republic--the \"white minstrel show\" of right-wing grievance politics, progressive politicians addicted to gambling revenue, the culture of passive victimhood, and the reality of permanent poverty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unsparing yet never unsympathetic, \u003ci\u003eBig White Ghetto\u003c\/i\u003e provides essential insight into an enormous but forgotten segment of American society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEVIN D. WILLIAMSON\u003c\/b\u003e has written for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndian Express\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcademic Questions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e, and for an infamous three days he was a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. A reporter and columnist for \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, he has taught at Hillsdale and the King's College and writes a regular column for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699994529855,"sku":"9781621579694","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b1d08e580e195e8c197d425bcdfec1a6.webp?v=1765015170","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/big-white-ghetto-dead-broke-stone-cold-stupid-and-high-on-rage-in-the-dank-woolly-wilds-of-the-real-america-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}