Jericho

by Charles Bowden

Book Overview

When Charles Bowden died in 2014, he left behind an archive of unpublished manuscripts. Jericho marks the fifth installment in his venerable "Unnatural History of America" sextet. In it he invokes the cycles of destruction and rebirth that have defined the ancient biblical city over millennia. From the ruins of Jericho's walls Bowden reflects on the continuum of war and violence--the many conquests of the Americas; the US-Mexican War; the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477320954
• ISBN13: 9781477320952
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"