ISBN10: 1594632642, ISBN13: 9781594632648, [publisher: RIVERHEAD] Hardcover Neu Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager - Look out for Masha Gessen's new book, The Future is Histor y, coming October 2017 An important story for our era: How the American Dream went wrong for two immigrants, and the nightmare that resulted. On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, was captured and ultimately charged on thirty federal counts. Yet long after the bombings and the terror they sowed, after all the testimony and debate, what we still haven't learned is why. Why did the American Dream go so wrong for two immigrants How did such a nightmare come to pass Acclaimed Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen is uniquely endowed with the background, access, and talents to tell the full story. An immigrant herself, who came to the Boston area with her family as a teenager, she returned to the former Soviet Union in her early twenties and covered firsthand the transformations that were wracking her homeland and its neighboring regions. It is there that the history of the Tsarnaev brothers truly begins, as descendants of ethnic Chechens deported to Central Asia in the Stalin era. Gessen follows the family in their futile attempts to make a life for themselves in one war-torn locale after ...
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Penguin Publishing Group 2015 Hardcover Very good A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

ISBN10: 1594632642, ISBN13: 9781594632648, [publisher: Riverhead Books April 2015] Hardcover
[Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]

ISBN10: 1594632642, ISBN13: 9781594632648, [publisher: Riverhead Books] Hardcover First Edition NF/NF. First edition, first printing. 273 pp.
[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]

ISBN10: 1594632642, ISBN13: 9781594632648, [publisher: Riverhead Books] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]

ISBN10: 1594632642, ISBN13: 9781594632648, [publisher: Riverhead Books] Hardcover First Edition NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 273 pp.
[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]