Lessons from Lockport: Dispatches from the Great American Divide (Excelsior Editions)

Shultz, Jim

ISBN 13: 9798855802337

Published by State University of New York Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessons from Lockport: Dispatches from the Great American Divide (Excelsior Editions)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798855802337
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A long-time liberal activist gets an up-close political education about conservative America when he moves to a small town in upstate New York.

Finalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional category

During a time of great national division and a growing working-class rebellion that has turned American politics on its head, a longtime liberal activist moves to a small town in the conservative northwest corner of New York State. He becomes a weekly opinion columnist for the city's two-hundred-year-old daily newspaper. His columns force light into the dark corners of local politics and provoke local debate over national issues, from guns to climate change. Dozens of people begin to speak to him about his columns, in stores, on the street, in playgrounds, and beyond. His columns also spark fierce debate in a community Facebook group that includes almost everyone in town. The result is an up-close education about what makes small-town America tick, just as small towns like this one are driving a national political upheaval. Told through stories that will entertain readers as well as make them think, Lessons from Lockport offers a unique look at one of the most misunderstood corners of American culture.

About the Author

Jim Shultz is the Founder and Executive Director of the Democracy Center, a longtime advocacy advisor to UNICEF, and a contributing writer at The New York Review of Books. He is the author of five previous books, including The Democracy Owners' Manual: A Practical Guide to Changing the World and Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization.