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"""[An] enthralling and essential new study of our collective American love affair with pernicious and intractable moonshine."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""A fascinating, well-researched look at the many ways Americans hoodwink each other, often about race."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""A wild, incisive, exhilarating tour through Western culture's sideshows and dark corners...telling a story that at times defies belief. And every word of it is true."" -- ""Los Angeles Times"" ""Riveting...Young covers, and uncovers, America's long and varied history of deceptive practices."" -- ""Elle"" ""This enlightening, entertaining and timely tome is just what we need to understand and protect against the pervasive cynicism that threatens our nation to our very core."" -- ""Detroit Free Press"" ""What could be timelier in the age of post-truth politics, science denial, and fake news?"" -- ""Newsweek"""

[An] enthralling and essential new study of our collective American love affair with pernicious and intractable moonshine. -- New York Times Book Review A fascinating, well-researched look at the many ways Americans hoodwink each other, often about race. -- Kirkus Reviews A wild, incisive, exhilarating tour through Western culture's sideshows and dark corners...telling a story that at times defies belief. And every word of it is true. -- Los Angeles Times Riveting...Young covers, and uncovers, America's long and varied history of deceptive practices. -- Elle This enlightening, entertaining and timely tome is just what we need to understand and protect against the pervasive cynicism that threatens our nation to our very core. -- Detroit Free Press What could be timelier in the age of post-truth politics, science denial, and fake news? -- Newsweek

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Kevin Young is the author of a previous book of nonfiction, The Grey Album, and eleven books of poetry, including Blue Laws, which was long-listed for the National Book Award. He is the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. Mirron Willis Recently appeared as Banquo (MacBeth) and Antonio (The Merchant of Venice) with the Houston Shakespeare Festival 2015 Season. And last season as King Henry (Henry IV, Part I) and the Duke in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. In three seasons at the Ensemble Theatre (Houston, TX), Mirron appeared as JP in What I Learned in Paris, Malcolm X in The Meeting. Henry in Race, and as Countee Cullen in Knock Me A Kiss (2013 Giorgee Award for Best Leading Actor). Other roles include, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VI Parts 2 & 3, and A Raisin in the Sun with the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival Mirron has narrated close to 150 audio books across various literary genres and has won several Earphone Awards for Excellence and is an Audie Award finalist and winner. Notable works include The Smokey Dalton Series by Kris Nelscott; My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte; The Long Fall (Booklist, Best of 2009) and others by Walter Mosley; Uncle Toms Cabin, Elijah of Buxton, The Translator; and the biography of William Wells Brown: An African American Life. Mr. Willis also performs as guest narrator with the Houston Symphony. Film and TV guest appearances include, Criminal Minds, Private Practice, The Exes, Monk, 24, Seinfeld, Cheers, The Parkers, Living Single, E.R., Star Trek: TNG and Voyager, Independence Day, among others. Mirron resides and records audiobooks on his family's historic ranch in East Texas.

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