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PERILOUS TIMES; Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism [Buy it!] | Stone, Geoffrey R | USD 14.40 (Tue Jun 4 15:33:03 2024) | Abebooks | Pine Tree Books | ISBN10: 0393058808, ISBN13: 9780393058802, [publisher: WW Norton & Co, NY] Hardcover First Edition First edition, full number line. 230pp, notes, index. Near fine speckled tan boards, black spine, gold letters.Very good illustrated jacket has very minor creases, in protective plastic. 58 historic illustrations and photos. "Rarely has a work been more timely than 'Perilous Times', writes Studs Terkel.Ingenious in its structure, riveting in its dramatic narration of America's legal history and penetrating in its analysis, 'Perilous Times' insightfully guides us through a pageant of characters who influenced the course of American history: from the presidents-Adams, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Nixon-to the Supreme Court justices-Holmes, Brandeis, Black and Warren-to the dissidents-Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Clement Vallandingham and David Dellinger." [Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004] |