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Unthinkable : trauma, truth, and the trials of American democracy / Jamie Raskin.
Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and his family's--as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation's Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. A moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding President Trump accountable for the violence he fomented.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063209787 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0063209780 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xv, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Prologue: Democracy winter -- Part 1. Democracy summer ; A sea of troubles ; The trolley problem -- Part 2. "There is a North" ; Complete the count ; Midnight meditations and Orwellian preparations ; "This is about the future of democracy" ; An all-American defense of democracy ; Reverse Uno ; Writing Trump -- Part 3: Violence v. democracy: the January exception ; Is this America? Trump on trial ; Spaghetti on the wall ; Witnesses to insurrection -- Epilogue. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 40 of 40 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Albright Memorial Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50686016134228 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50686016136769 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 37268003123320 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 33240004931534 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | B Ras (Text) | 00152320 | ADULT Biography | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | B 92 RAS (Text) | 75011000368826 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 328.73 R225u (Text) | 85131001824649 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50688010811348 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Coplay Public Library | A NF 328.73 RAS (Text) | 31961000269346 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Coudersport Public Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 30183000959492 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dalton Community Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50689090006718 | Browsing | Available | - |
| Degenstein Community Library | NF 328.73 RASKIN (Text) | 35031301227880 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 328.73 RAS Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001409240 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults 328.73 RAS Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000908764 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| DuBois Public Library | 328.73 RASKIN (Text) | 61000100076641 | Adult NonFiction | Available | - |
| Gettysburg Library | 328.73 RASKIN (Text) | 35740635808769 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 328.7309 Raskin Politics (Text) | 39427103629804 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Juniata County Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 39640100628112 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Kreutz Creek Valley Library | Adults 328.73 RAS Nonfiction (Text) | 34261000606119 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 33400001541468 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults Raskin Biography (Text)
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Plated 2022: In Honor of Judge Emanuel A. Cassimatis by Martin Library Honors Committee 2022
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| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults RASKIN Biography (Text) | 34262000771309 | Reading Room | Available | - |
| Mifflin Community Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 33249024729224 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Montrose | 92-R RASK Ras (Text) | 37000009438950 | SSQM Main Floor | Available | - |
| Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50686016150356 | Main Floor | Available | - |
| New Castle Public Library | Biog. Raskin (Text) | 31902005452859 | NWCM Biography | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | B RASKIN RAS (Text) | 34422007235522 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Public Library of Catasauqua | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 70000000183025 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 328.73 Ras (Text) | 33223008747742 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Slatington Public Library | 328.73 RASK (Text) | 34175100287168 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Spring Township Library | RAS (Text) | 33249024573853 | Biography | Available | - |
| Valley Community Library | 92 RASKIN (Text) | 50690111270143 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Whitehall Township Public Library | 328 RASK (Text) | 36305002957752 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 328.73 RASK (Text) | 34455006779967 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | B RASKIN (Text) | 33062009560435 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bethlehem South Side Branch | B RASKIN (Text) | 33062009568057 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Easton Palmer Branch | RASKIN (Text) | 31901004572436 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Hughes Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 32378005082971 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Library | 92 RAS (Text) | 30352101313004 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Wayne County Public Library | 328.73 RAS (Text) | 31843001283429 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and his family's--as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation's Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. A moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding President Trump accountable for the violence he fomented.
