Progressive Nation

Progressive Nation
Progressive Nation

Progressive Nation

A Travel Guide with 400+ Left Turns and Inspiring Landmarks
By Jerome Pohlen

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432 Pages, 6 x 9

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ISBN 9781569764831

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Jun 2008)

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Overview

The only travel guide that focuses specifically on progressive politics

A Selection of the Progressive Book Club

From the sites of famous sit-ins, marches, and strikes to the locales of events that led to landmark Supreme Court decisions, this inspiring travel guide journeys to more than 400 of the places in the United States that are important to progressive politics. Organized by state, it includes the stories of hundreds of women and men of action who, through creativity and hard work, changed American society for the better. Visit the battlegrounds and celebrate the victories of civil libertarians, feminists, African Americans, gays, lesbians, environmentalists, labor organizers, and media activists. Make a stop at the home of abolitionists Levi and Catharine Coffin, Grand Central Station on the Underground Railroad. Check out Alice’s Restaurant Church, the namesake of Arlo Guthrie’s song protesting the draft. Learn about the first women’s convention held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls at the Women’s Hall of Fame. See the site of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago where laborers protested working conditions. Join the many people who pay homage at the grave site of Leonard Matlovich, the gay Vietnam War veteran who fought the U.S. military—and won—when he was wrongfully discharged for homosexuality. Each entry features a listing of books and websites for further information, making this an essential lefty resource. For liberal-minded adventurous travelers, educational family vacationers, and progressives who want to know their history, this book will inspire them to do more than just cast a vote.

Reviews

"Provides fascinating vignettes of American's largely forgotten radical past."  —Library Journal


"Pohlen's unique and impelling guide serves as a minicourse in American Progressive history."  —School Library Journal


"The author . . . provide[s] extra incentive for the common traveler to get inspired—and instigate positive change."  —Kirkus Reviews



"[A] unique guide."  —Booklist


"Lively and resourceful."  —New York Times



"Unusual and often inspiring handbook."  —CapeCodTimes.com and The Bakersfield Californian


"[An] unusual and often inspiring guidebook."  —Chicago Tribune


"This book journeys to all the places in the U.S. that are vital to progressive politics."  —Mother Jones

Author Biography

Jerome Pohlen is the author of 10 travel books and a commentator on travel and politics for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. A lifelong politically active citizen, Pohlen was the youngest delegate at the 1982 Colorado Democratic Convention, has served in the Peace Corps, and is currently running for Congress. He lives in Chicago.