A raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor--and why they have learned to hate liberalism.Deer Hunting with Jesus is Joe Bageant's report on what he learned when he moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia. Like countless American small towns, it is fast becoming the bedrock of a permanent underclass. Two in five of the people in his old neighborhood do not have high school diplomas or health care. Alcohol, overeating, and Jesus are the preferred avenues of escape. He writes of: - His childhood friends who work at factory jobs that are...
A raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor--and why they have learned to hate liberalism.Deer Hunting with Jesus is J...
