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The Temple Bombing
The Temple Bombing
Author: Melissa Fay Greene
"At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, October 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was vast-but even greater were the changes those 50 sticks of dynamite made to Atlanta, the South, and ultimately, all of the United States" (Detroit Free ...  more »). Finalist for the National Book Award, The Temple Bombing is the brilliant and moving examination of one town that came together in the face of hatred, a book that rescues a slice of the civil rights era whose lessons still resonate nearly fifty years after that fateful fall day.
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ISBN-13: 9780306815188
ISBN-10: 0306815184
Publication Date: 8/25/2006
Pages: 502
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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"The Temple Bombing" is a voyage through what Ms. Greene calls "American grass-roots fascism", as well as a portrait of a city of steaming conflicts and an embattled rabbi. The emotional power of the narrative is heightened by the author's gifts as a storyteller...This book is as illuminating as it is shocking." New York Times Book Review (from back cover of book)

"Beyond praise ... This book is moving without being sentimental ...It ought to command an immense audience, as much for its moral firmness as for its admirable style." Christopher Hitchens, Mail on Sunday (from back cover of book)


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