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Red White and Blue
Author: Susan Isaacs

Compromising Positions to Lily White--seven critically acclaimed novels, seven New York Times bestsellers. Now, with her eighth novel, Susan Isaacs has written her finest work yet. Red, White and Bluetells the story of two ordinary Americans who find it within themselves to become extraordinary heroes. Charlie Blair ... more »of Wyoming and Lauren Miller of New York start out as strangers. They are drawn together by an appalling hate crime and by their mutual passion for justice. Yet they share more than a sense of fair play. They are not simply kindred spirits but actual kin, descendants of immigrants who met on a boat on their way to America, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.Special Agent Blair of the FBI has the numbing job of a bureaucrat and the soul of a cowboy. A wry Westerner from his Stetson to his boots, he also happens to be the great-great-grandson of . . . Dora Blaustein? Dora what? True, although he is unaware of that particular ancestor. A nearly burned-out case at thirty-four, he is about to walk away from the safe world of paper-pushing to risk his life in Wyoming, infiltrating an armed, white supremacist, viciously anti-Semitic group called Wrath. Wyoming born and bred, Charlie seems the perfect choice for this undercover operation, because who in Wrath could question this whiter-than-white man, so clearly one of their own? Also in Jackson Hole is Charlie's apparent opposite. Gen-X Lauren Miller is articulate, ironic--and unwaveringly liberal. A journalist from Long Island, she has been hired by the Jewish News to investigate a bombing that Wrath is suspected to be behind. Lauren's job is to know who, what, where and when, of course. But most of all, she is compelled to discover why. Why are all these people who've never met a Jew in their lives obsessed with Jews--and why do they want them dead? Just who is it who gets to define who is an American? With narrative grace, insight and her trademark exuberant wit, Isaacs not only chronicles Lauren's and Charlie's investigations, but explores their American heritage as well: How did their forebears--how did all of our forebears--get from there to here? And what can this mountain man and this suburban woman possibly share--except a few random genes? Intelligent, exhilarating and intensely moving, Red, White and Blue is a novel about what makes Americans American.

ISBN-13: 9780060176082
ISBN-10: 0060176083
Publication Date: 10/1998
Pages: 407
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Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

3.6 stars, based on 34 ratings

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Sue C. (sues) - , reviewed Red, White and Blue on 1/12/2006 + 94 more book reviews

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One of Susan Isaacs' better books.

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Tonya F. (lovinseth) reviewed Red, White and Blue on 3/26/2007 + 8 more book reviews

Excellent

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Natasha S. (tashajean) reviewed Red, White and Blue on 10/15/2006 + 146 more book reviews

the story of Westerner Charlie Blair, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is about to infiltrate a white supremacist group, and Lauren Miller, hired by the Jewish News to document the group's anti-Semitism. Their link? Unknown to them, they are both descendants of Jewish immigrants who met on the way to America.

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Lori N. (Lelopit) reviewed Red, White and Blue on 5/18/2006 + 273 more book reviews

Great Book!Riviting!

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Joan A. K. (Jak) reviewed Red, White and Blue on 3/8/2007 + 82 more book reviews

Really good read.

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Angel S. (sas-angel) reviewed Red, White and Blue on 3/2/2007 + 54 more book reviews

Fun, fun...quick reading...gotta LOVE Charlie's outlook on life.

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Shirley J. (NoShushing) - reviewed Red, White and Blue on 1/4/2007 + 199 more book reviews

I loved this book. It's one of Susan Isaacs' best novels--as good as Shining Through.

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