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Long View: Deer Hunting With Jesus

December 15, 2009 By admin

ANP traveled to rural Virginia to talk to author Joe Bageant. His highly-acclaimed recent book, Deer Hunting With Jesus, was lauded by one reviewer as a "raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck." … [Read more...]

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LONGVIEW: Deer Hunting With Jesus

December 11, 2009 By admin

Much has been said about white working-class voters. But those who've been doing all the talking are pollsters and political operatives. As part of our Long View series, ANP traveled to rural Virginia to talk to someone who's lived the life and knows from personal experience what those voters are … [Read more...]

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I Have a Dream

November 8, 2009 By Mark Leave a Comment

from the Hunting with Hank series by Mark Banta It was early fall and Hank and I were fifteen years old. We had spent that Saturday morning pursuing whitetails with our bow and arrows without success. We had seen a small buck at a distance, but Hank had scared it off when he tried to … [Read more...]

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