Political Perspectives on 08/14/13

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Wed, 08/14/2013 - 9:30am to 10:00am
Claire Conner on her book "Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right"

The guest is Claire Conner, author of "Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right," 

Claire Conner is the daughter of one of the John Birch Society's first members and a national spokesman for the Society. Her parents forced her to join the Society, and she became its youngest member. It took momentous changes in her own life for Conner to finally free herself of the legacy of the John Birch Society.

In Wrapped in the Flag Conner offers an intimate account of the sociey and an inside look at the workings of the group and the lasting effects it has had on our political discourse today.

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