{"product_id":"hoosier-hysteria-meri-henriques-vahl-9781631523656","title":"Hoosier Hysteria: A Fateful Year in the Crosshairs of Race in America","description":"Indiana University, September 1963. Meri Henriques, a na ve freshman from New York, arrives on campus thinking she's about to enroll at an idyllic Midwestern college. Instead, she discovers a storm is brewing. \u003cbr\u003e An intriguing cast of characters inhabits Meri's new and often troubled world: Katherine \"Pixie\" Gates, Meri's charming and quirky roommate; Rachel, brilliant and sarcastic fellow New Yorker; Daniel, a tough radical with a tender heart; folk singer Derek Stone, Meri's crush; and Shennandoah Waters, a white coed who only dates black men or exotic foreigners, much to her ultra-conservative parents' horror. \u003cbr\u003e Over the course of Meri's first year at college, tragedy strikes twice: John Kennedy is assassinated, and a young, black IU basketball player is castrated and thrown into a ditch--murdered for dating a white coed. And finally, that year's commencement ceremonies bring an infamous symbol of white supremacy to campus, endangering anyone who dared to protest--thrusting Meri into the middle of violent and escalating racial tensions. Vivid and compelling, \u003cem\u003eHoosier Hysteria\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely story of prejudice and political unrest that, today more than ever before, must be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meri Henriques Vahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631523651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631523656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Meri Henriques Vahl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989418115327,"sku":"9781631523656","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c1cd415-ed28-443d-a52e-1c500eebab3c.jpg?v=1683299384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hoosier-hysteria-meri-henriques-vahl-9781631523656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}