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“Free white workers were better off than slaves or servants, but they still resented unfair treatment by the wealthier classes.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“Fisher called the cast “trick talking-meat.” She and Ford smoked pot during the shoot, until it became clear that Ford’s weed was too strong for Fisher. They had a clandestine affair after Ford surprised her by hiding in her closet naked but for a tie.”
― How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise
― How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise
“Revolutionary America may have been a middle-class society, happier and more prosperous than any other in its time, but it contained a large and growing number of fairly poor people, and many of them did much of the actual fighting and suffering between 1775 and 1783: A very old story.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“The leaders of early Boston were gentlemen of considerable wealth who, in association with the clergy, eagerly sought to preserve in America the social arrangements of the Mother Country.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“What if these different despised groups—the Indians, the slaves, the poor whites—should combine? Even before there were so many blacks, in the seventeenth century, there was, as Abbot Smith puts it, “a lively fear that servants would join with Negroes or Indians to overcome the small number of masters.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
Scott Wilson’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Scott Wilson’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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488 books
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1,250 friends
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662 friends
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