Rednecks...hillbillies...crackers...trailer trash. Whatever they're called, America's poor whites have become easy targets for ridicule and hostility in this country.

A much needed reassessment of the classic caricature, The Redneck Manifesto traces the history of the white underclass and exposes the real sources of its frustrations, anger, and follies. From a provocative reevaluation of "hatemongers, gun nuts, and paranoid, tax-resisting extremists" to an explanation of why Elvis, Bigfoot, and space aliens are objects of veneration, Goad elucidates redneck politics, religion, and values in his own uniquely unusual way.

"A furious, profane, smart, and hilariously smart-aleck defense of working-class white culture....Something important, necessary, and long overdue has been said". — Rod Dreher, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

In another life, this book was a U-Haul packed to the gills with manure and TNT, left idling near a major government building, or a Smokecraft beef jerky-sponsored monster truck revved and ready to roll over the stuccoed suburban palace where Jeff Foxworthy sleeps.

A funny, engagingly written polemic....Goad should be congratulated and thanked

for cutting through the numerous taboos that prevent an honest discussion of race in

this country.

2. Feudal Existence: The Roots of Eurogarbage

3. A Quick History of the White American Underclass (And an Even Quicker History of the Goads)

4. The View from Outside: How Rednecks Became Aliens

5. Workin' Hard

6. Playin' Hard

7. Prayin' Hard

8. What's So Bad About Hatemongers, Gun Nuts, and Paranoid, Tax-Resisting Extremists?

9. Me and the Blacks

10. Several Compelling Arguments for the Enslavement of All White Liberals

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