Why am I passionate about this?
I was a correspondent in Vietnam in 1966, 1971, 1973, and 1974. I worked for The New Yorker on the last three dates, and I have been back several times since the end of the war. My book, Fire in Lake won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize for history, and the National Book Award, among other prizes.
Frances' book list on understanding the ethos of the Christian right
Why did Frances love this book?
A liberal Southern Baptist, Leonard describes the fundamentalist takeover of the largest Protestant denomination. The take over accompanied the South’s transformation into a Republican stronghold and made the Christian right a serious force in American politics. Leonard is one of the best-known historians of the Convention and of contemporary religion in the South.
1 author picked God's Last and Only Hope as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Analyzes the recent controversy between moderate and fundamentalist Baptists from an historical perspective
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