{"product_id":"a-bomb-in-every-issue-peter-richardson-9781595584397","title":"A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Book of 2009,\"\u003ci\u003e A Bomb in Every Issue\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the largely untold story of \u003ci\u003eRamparts\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the spectacular San Francisco muckraker that captured the zeitgeist of the '60s and repeatedly scooped the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, changing American journalism forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaunched in 1962 as a Catholic literary quarterly, \u003ci\u003eRamparts\u003c\/i\u003e quickly transformed into a \"radical slick,\" winning a George Polk Award in 1967 for its \"explosive revival of the great muckraking tradition.\" According to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the magazine \"not only blew the cover off the biggest stories of the era, it also helped set the ideological agenda for its core demographic, the New Left, and forced the mainstream press to follow its lead.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRamparts\u003c\/i\u003e' list of contributors--including Noam Chomsky, C駸ar Ch疱ez, Seymour Hersh, Angela Davis, and Susan Sontag--formed a who's who of the American left. Although \u003ci\u003eRamparts\u003c\/i\u003e folded for good in 1975, former staffers founded \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e and include some of the most illustrious names in journalism (names like Robert Scheer, Jann Wenner, and Warren Hinckle), and \u003ci\u003eRamparts\u003c\/i\u003e remains an inspiration to investigative journalists today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595584390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595584397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/2009 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 269","brand":"Peter Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985265918207,"sku":"9781595584397","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96a9f62f-625e-4873-8b88-23e456e6e9db.jpg?v=1683276540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bomb-in-every-issue-peter-richardson-9781595584397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}