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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles P Pierce |
| ISBN: | 9780767926140 0767926145 |
| OCLC Number: | 251204457 |
| Description: | x, 293 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The American way of idiocy. The Prince of Cranks ; The war on expertise ; Beyond Atlantis ; The Templars in town -- pt. 2. Truth. Radio nowhere ; God and Judge Jones -- pt. 3. Consequences. A woman dies on Beech Street ; How we look at the sea ; The principles of automatic pilot -- pt. 4. Mr. Madison's library. Torture in New Hampshire ; Mr. Madison's library. |
| Responsibility: | Charles P. Pierce. |
Abstract:
With his razor-sharp wit and erudite reasoning, Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States, exploring how a country founded on intellectual curiosity has somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons.
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