Title: Concise, accurate and handsomely illustrated
Review: The photographs that illustrate this book are perhaps its best feature. They include pictures of the Scopes trial, a lynching, the Jonestown massacre, and many more. The text is straightforward and rather sober, with a generally liberal bias. Its target readership is young adult. It perhaps understates the impact of 'fringe' religions such as Scientology. The account of the origin and rise of the televangelists is particularly good. Very much a volume for a school library, it is worth looking at just for the illustrations.
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