An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)

November 11, 2024

Description

The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, and the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, has pulled out of the race. Anti-war protestors are flooding the streets of the city, and Johnson...
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Books Referenced

An American Melodrama

Author: Lewis Chester, Godfrey Hodgson, and Bruce Page

Context:

Referenced as a source for a quote describing McCarthy's campaign as having 'degenerated into a cross between a girl's boarding school in an Oriental court.' Described as a British account of the events.

Miami and the Siege of Chicago

Author: Norman Mailer

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'his book' and described as 'a brilliant book about the conventions of that year.' Quoted for Mailer's description of Mayor Daley and later for his description of the police violence.

Chicago '68

Author: David Farber

Context:

Referenced as 'a really good book on this' about the Chicago convention, published in the late 80s or early 90s. The host notes he had never read an account that gave the story from the point of view of the Chicago police until reading this book.