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Wrapped in the Flag was named as "The Best in 2013 in Nonfiction" by Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus reviews over 7,000 books every year and my book was one of only 17 in the memoir category named to the best list.

Claire was twelve years old when her parents dove into the world of paranoid politics, a world dominated by the John Birch Society, an anti-Communist, anti-federal government movement. “Taking back the country” was the Birch mantra.

Claire’s parents were the first two Birch members in the entire city of Chicago. Her father, Stillwell J. Conner, became a National Council member and remained in top leadership for thirty-two years. Her mother was a partner in all things Birch.

At first, eager to gain the approval of her mercurial p
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John Kennedy smiled at me. Five minutes later, he was dead.

At 11 a.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, I stood in the crowd on Main Street. The early morning rain had stopped and it was nearly seventy degrees. For a Chicago girl used to bundling up in November, that morning in Dallas was glorious. I stripped off my light jacket and lifted my face to the sun.

Above me, red-white-and-blue banners hung in rows. As far as I could see, those pennants marched towar Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 17, 2013 13:25 Tags: 1963, dallas, john-birch-society, john-kennedy, november-22, right-wing
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“Hating government-run health care was easy when your doctor made house calls and your hospital stays were in private rooms.”
Claire Conner, Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right

“He also had his proof that bureaucracy made small problems into big problems. India convinced Dad that Britain, which he called socialist England, had delayed the Allied victory in World War II by an entire year.”
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“P. J. O’Rourke, the libertarian satirist, said, “Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work, and then they get elected and prove it.” 12”
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Michael Rushnak Hi Claire

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