House Arrest: A Search for American Character in and Around the White House, Past and Present by Anna Deavere Smith

House Arrest: A Search for American Character in and Around the White House, Past and Present

Anna Deavere Smith

nonfiction history play informative reflective medium-paced

144 pages | first published 2003

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HOUSE ARREST is a fascinating and compelling look at nothing less than the civil rights movement, the issues of slavery and racism, and the relationship between the press and the presidency over the course of American history. It begins by focusin...
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