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Book

24 hours at the Capitol : an oral history of the January 6th insurrection

Author

Nora Neus

Call Number

  • 973.933 N495 (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, [2025]

Physical Description

xix, 215 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Summary

"The January 6th insurrection was a well-planned attack coordinated largely right out in the open. Through original interviews and reporting, this oral history offers a minute-by-minute account of the riots through the never-before-heard stories of those who were there. Emmy-nominated producer and journalist Nora Neus draws on the collaboration and support of Tim Heaphy, chief investigator of the US Congress's January 6th Select Committee; on exclusive access to the United States Capital Historical Society's oral history project on the insurrection; and on her personal contacts on the Hill to reconstruct what it was actually like inside and around the Capitol during those sobering twenty-four hours. Her narrators include high-profile politicians and maintenance workers, Capital Hill residents and White House photographers, police officers who defended the building, and insurrectionists who have since disavowed their actions...By taking readers through the real-life events of the attack, this fast-paced, gripping narrative reveals what's at stake for the future of American democracy." --

Contents

  • Part 1: "A year in the making"
  • "It's time for fucking war if they steal this shit"
  • "Will be wild"
  • "One million patriots"
  • Part 2: The insurrection
  • "That's exactly how Charlottesville began"
  • "Things started to get really violent"
  • "Hand-to-hand battle"
  • "Then all of a sudden we were inside"
  • "If they stop the proceedings, they will have succeeded in stopping the validation of the President of the United States"
  • "You can see the line of loss. The territory is theirs"
  • "They just killed a girl"
  • "Kill him with his own gun"
  • "It just was another level into Dante's Inferno"
  • "The mob kept attacking even while we tended to their wounded"
  • "You started to see the police officers make progress"
  • Part 3: "It's going to require a national reckoning"
  • "Do I fear another one of these happening? Absolutely."

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