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Charles Lane is a Washington Post editorial board member and op-ed columnist. A finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing, he was the Post's Supreme Court correspondent prior to joining the editorial board. As editor of the New Republic, he took action against the journalistic fraud mostra'n més of Stephen Glass, events that were recounted in the 2003 film Shattered Glass. He has also worked as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Latin America. He is the author of two previous books. mostra'n menys

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The book was interesting but I felt a bit misled by the title.
Freedom’s detective led me to expect a heroic and inspiring man. This guy was, instead, someone who got things done, usually with an eye to advancing his own interests. That’s what most people do , I imagine, and I guess I probably wouldn’t have read it if it had been titled, bit of a jerk.
 
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cspiwak | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Mar 6, 2024 |
The story of Hiram C. Whitley who was called upon to penetrate the Ku Klux Klan and halt counterfeiting. His unconventional methods, running on both sides of the line of legality, were effective, but may have been one of the reasons Grant's time in office was considered to be riddled with corruption. Still, many of Whitley's methods are in use today, interrogations of underlings to flip higher ups, undercover operatives, informants, were started as part of his "succeed by any means necessary" credo. The history is fascinating.
The narration was very uneven. While the narrative was not poorly read, anytime a phrase or word was a quotation, the reader went into this scratchy falsetto that was very distressing. And it was the same for any character. It distracted me certainly.
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MugsyNoir | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jul 19, 2023 |
I had a superficial understanding on the state of black Americans after the civil war, and scant knowledge of the realities of the life the freed slaves faced for years. This book really gave clarity to the hardships endured by the freedmen, which didn't improve much for the next 100 years. A painful, sad saga, but a worthwhile read.
 
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rsutto22 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jul 15, 2021 |
On Easter Sunday, 1873, white Democrats massacred roughly eighty blacks at a county courthouse in Louisiana. This is a detailed story of the massacre and its aftermath, which involved white resistance to Reconstruction and slowly fading white Republican commitment thereto, despite the active efforts of some white Republicans, as well as the continued activism of black Republicans—in some cases, costing them their lives, as whites were willing to kill black witnesses who were willing to testify to their crimes. As white violence in the South escalated, President Grant proved unwilling to ramp up military commitments, and the courts struck down the key laws that Republicans had meant to guarantee black rights, destroying the attempt to prosecute the massacres’ major perpetrators. Careful, depressing read.… (més)
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rivkat | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Sep 13, 2015 |

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