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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hoffman, Carl, 1960-     Subjects     Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Public opinion.     Personality and politics -- United States.     Political culture -- United States.     Identity politics -- United States.     Social psychology -- United States.     United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hoffman, Carl, 1960-       by title:      Liar's circus : a st...       by call number:      973.933 H699L     Search the Web     Hoffman, Carl, 1960-     Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Public opinion.     Personality and politics -- United States.     Political culture -- United States.     Identity politics -- United States.     Social psychology -- United States.     United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-       MARC Display

Liar's circus : a strange and terrifying journey into the upside-down world of Trump's MAGA rallies / Carl Hoffman. by Hoffman, Carl, 1960- Custom House, 2020. Call #: 973.933 H699L Subjects Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Public opinion.   Personality and politics -- United States.   Political culture -- United States.   Identity politics -- United States.   Social psychology -- United States.   United States -- Politics and government -- 2017- ISBN:  9780063009769 (hc.) Alternate title:  Strange and terrifying journey into the upside-down world of Trump's MAGA rallies Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xii, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index. Summary:  "In this daring work of immersive journalism, based on hundreds of hours of reporting, Carl Hoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, journeys deep inside Donald Trump’s rallies, seeking to understand the strange and powerful tribe that forms the president’s base. Hoffman pierced this alternate society, welcomed in and initiated into its rights and upside-down beliefs, and finally ushered to its inner sanctum. Equally freewheeling and profound, Liar’s Circus tracks the MAGA faithful across five thousand miles of the American heartland during a crucial arc of the Trump presidency stretching from the impeachment saga to the dawn of the coronavirus pandemic that ended the rallies as we know it. Trump’s rallies are a singular and defining force in American history -- a kind of Rosetta stone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet while much remarked upon, they are, in fact, little examined, with the focus almost always on Trump’s latest outrageous statement. But who are the tens of thousands of people who fill these arenas? What do they see in Trump? And what curious alchemy -- between president and adoring crowd -- happens there that might explain Trump’s rise and powerful hold over both his base and the GOP? To those on the left, the rallies are a Black Mass of American politics at which Trump plays high priest, recklessly summoning the darkest forces within the nation. To the MAGA faithful, the rallies are a form of pilgrimage, a joyous ceremony that like all rituals binds people together and makes them feel a part of something bigger than themselves. Both sides would acknowledge that this traveling roadshow is the pressurized, combustible core of Trump’s political power, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is unshackled and his rhetoric reaches its most extreme, with downstream consequences for the rest of the nation. To date, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as a sociological phenomenon examined from the bottom up. Hoffman has done just this. He has stood in line for more than 170 hours with Trump's most ardent superfans and joined them at the very front row; he has traveled from Minnesota to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Hampshire immersing himself in their culture. Publishing in the heart of the 2020 election cycle, Liar’s Circus is a fresh and revelatory portrait of Trump’s America, from one of our most talented journalists."--Goodreads. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.933 H699L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.933 H699L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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