{"product_id":"kent-state-derf-backderf-9781419765469","title":"Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Derf Backderf, the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMy Friend Dahmer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrashed\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the \"deeply researched and gut-wrenching\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) graphic novel chronicling the tragic and unforgettable story of Kent State.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA\/YALSA Alex Award Winner for Teen Readers and Adult Books \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Ringo Award for Best Non-Fiction Comic Work\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ACBD Critics Award winner in France\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, PopMatters, the Beat, and the \u003ci\u003eComics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, four students were killed and nine shot and wounded. It was the day America turned guns on its own children--a shocking event burned into our national memory. A few days prior, ten-year-old Derf Backderf saw those same guardsmen patrolling his nearby hometown, sent in by the governor to crush a trucker strike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using the journalism skills he employed on \u003ci\u003eMy Friend Dahmer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrashed\u003c\/i\u003e, Backderf conducted extensive interviews and research to explore the lives of these four young people and the events of those four days in May, when the country seemed on the brink of tearing apart. \u003ci\u003eKent State: Four Dead in Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and troubling story about the bitter price of dissent, as relevant to modern times as it was in 1970. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the masterpieces of the medium...a work of devastating emotional impact.\" --\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Backderf's masterful Kent State does what really good, in-depth journalism should always do--breathe life into cold, hard facts--but in this case, with searing, memorable images, drawings that put us inside the skin of the protagonists. . . You don't simply put this book down and get on with your life after reading the final page--you slowly recover, shaken from the experience.\" --Bill Griffith, author of \u003ci\u003eZippy the Pinhead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derf Backderf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419765469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419765469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Comicarts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Derf Backderf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079803433215,"sku":"9781419765469","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc3a7302-b6d5-436c-9b23-a9b650dfb640.jpg?v=1685483233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kent-state-derf-backderf-9781419765469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}