{"product_id":"growing-up-red-tim-schilke-9780595671380","title":"Growing Up Red: Outing Red America from the Inside","description":"Growing up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author Tim Schilke knew that his concerns about some generally accepted suburban truths were often left unanswered. He later learned that a carefully crafted Red-suburban version of reality isolated him from nearly everything real.  \u003cp\u003e\"Red truth\" was a strange morph of God, Patriotism, and Republicans. When this uniquely Red-suburban mentality played a role in winning President George W. Bush a second term in late 2004, Schilke began an investigation into the driving factors behind his Red upbringing, which still persist and thrive today in suburban and rural America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom carefully-guarded moral relativism, to the Army's questionable recruiting techniques; from Major League Baseball's tainted home run records, to the myth of the Ownership Society; Schilke maps these current events back into the perspective of his Red upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy does Red-suburban middle-America consistently vote against its own interests in election after election? \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Red\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to show that, in Red America, it is simply the patriotic thing to do. In Red America, raw Faith trumps Knowledge. Carefully-tweaked irrational fear drives never-ending consumption. A Republican President marches arm-in-arm with God down Main Street every Fourth of July.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when actual reality starts to bleed through the carefully-protected fences of suburbia? Find out in \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Red\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Schilke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595671381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595671380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Schilke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517379195135,"sku":"9780595671380","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd82c654-b9d3-4bce-ac64-8c95576aaf5b.jpg?v=1778731605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-red-tim-schilke-9780595671380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}