A Moment in the sun
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"In 1897, gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of our greatest storytellers of all time...'A Moment in the Sun' takes the whole era in its sights--from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism overseas. Beginning with Hod Brackenridge searching for his fortune in the North, and hurtling forward across five years and half a dozen countries...this is a story as big as its subject: history rediscovered through the lives of the people who made it happen."--P. [4] of cover.
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PUBLISHED
San Francisco. : McSweeney's Books, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 955 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781936365180
1936365189
SUBJECTS
History, Modern -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.