{"product_id":"troubled-times-the-boston-courthouse-bombing-of-1976-paperback","title":"Troubled Times: The Boston Courthouse Bombing of 1976 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterweaves the stories of a revolutionary and a bombing victim to explore the roots and unintended consequences of political violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1976. The Vietnam War had ended, but radical political groups still operated clandestinely throughout the United States. Nowhere was the threat of civil unrest greater than in Boston. Racial tensions had been building since a federal judge ordered the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools, and civic leaders were counting on the pageantry of the nation's Bicentennial to boost both tourism and investment. In April, the Sam Melville-Jonathan Jackson Unit, prison reformers schooled in Marxism and angered by US interventions abroad, bombed the Suffolk County Courthouse, injuring twenty-two people. The site of the blast marked the spot where the lives of two men intersected: a mill town kid who'd been radicalized in Vietnam and prison, and an immigrant waiting in line because he needed to renew a cab license.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifty years after the bombing shook the city, \u003ci\u003eTroubled Times\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of lives changed by political violence at a time when the American experiment is again in crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e has been a correspondent for the Associated Press, a feature writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and deputy national editor of the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked at Harvard University and Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.91 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55231801590093,"sku":"9781684583331","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/bPmIgmjhE09781684583331.webp?v=1793299827","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/troubled-times-the-boston-courthouse-bombing-of-1976-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}