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Global Santa Fe Presents: Homegrown: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin
Global Santa Fe Presents: Homegrown: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin

Tue, Jul 18

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Hotel Santa Fe

Global Santa Fe Presents: Homegrown: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin

This event is hosted and presented by Global Santa Fe and a co-sponsorship with Collected Works Bookstore. It will take place at Hotel Santa Fe.

Date, Time & Location

Jul 18, 2023, 5:30 PM MDT

Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

About the Event

Join Global Santa Fe for an evening of conversation with author Jeffry Toobin and Jim Falk, Chair, Program Committee, Global Santa Fe.

Reserve your tickets here.

5:30 p.m. Social (complimentary hors d’oeuvres with cash bar)

6:00 p.m. Conversation

7:00 p.m. Book Signing

Pre-purchase a copy of Homegrown from CW online here or by calling the store to order (505) 988-4226

 

Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection—from acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.  

Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement.  Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets: killing 168 people was his patriotic duty. He cited the Declaration of Independence from memory: “Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” He had obsessively followed the siege of Waco and seethed at the imposition of President Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban. A self-proclaimed white separatist, he abhorred immigration and wanted women to return to traditional roles. As he watched the industrial decline of his native Buffalo, McVeigh longed for when America was great.  

New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin traces the dramatic history and profound legacy of Timothy McVeigh, who once declared, “I believe there is an army out there, ready to rise up, even though I never found it.” But that doesn’t mean his army wasn’t there. With news-breaking reportage, Toobin details how McVeigh’s principles and tactics have flourished in the decades since his death in 2001, reaching an apotheosis on January 6 when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol. Based on nearly a million previously unreleased tapes, photographs, and documents, including detailed communications between McVeigh and his lawyers, as well as interviews with such key figures as Bill Clinton, Homegrown reveals how the story of Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing is not only a powerful retelling of one of the great outrages of our time, but a warning for our future.

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